The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

Okapi, a relative of giraffes, are dwindling in the wild due to human settlement and deforestation She’s striped and creating hype! Meet the Los Angeles Zoo’s first female okapi calf. Also known as ...

Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- A baby okapi, also known as a forest giraffe, was born at Brookfield Zoo one month ago. The baby, whose name is "Will," was born to ...

A group that works to protect the rare okapi, a type of forest giraffe found only in the Congo Basin, has has won mongabay.com’s 2012 conservation award. The Okapi Conservation Project [DONATE] has ...

The birth of a rare okapi calf is being celebrated by zookeepers — and its arrival will help reveal the secrets of "one of the least known and understood species on the planet," said British news ...

The San Diego Zoo announced Tuesday the second birth of a rare okapi calf in its program to bring the endangered relative of the giraffe back from the brink of extinction. The okapi is a large animal ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new species. Staff at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced this week the arrival of Elombe, a five-year-old male okapi. He is now visible ...

A newborn male okapi, an endangered relative of the giraffe, needed medical help after he was born this month at the Denver Zoo. The okapi, named Forest, couldn't stand - and thus couldn't nurse - ...

The reserve, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, occupies about a fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east DRC. Industrial activity is banned across its 13,000 square kilometres. But the Alerte ...

The Los Angeles Zoo this week announced its first birth of a rare okapi -- also known as a forest giraffe. The calf was born Aug. 26 but until now was kept out of public view while it bonded with his ...

The okapi was only discovered by scientists in 1901 and today is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List. Officials have pointed to an infamous elephant poacher known as ‘Morgan’ as the head of ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - The Sacramento Zoo now has another new species calling it home! A pair of male and female black-crowned cranes moved into the okapi exhibit, which just opened a few months ago.