When competition for resources is fierce, being able to reach food that other animals cannot get to is a bonus. Possessing a foot-long tongue is a huge advantage and this is where the okapi excels. In ...
Itching your eye is not exactly easy when you only have four hard hooves. But as this adorable clip from the San Diego Zoo shows us, that is not a problem when you are a little okapi. All you need to ...
DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Zoo announced Friday that it said goodbye to a 14-year-old okapi after a “significant decline in her health last week.” While its striped markings resemble that of a zebra, ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The okapi, an endangered species that looks like a cross between a large antelope and a zebra, but is most closely related to the giraffe, is found ...
What looks like a cross between a zebra, a donkey and a giraffe, sporting a purple tongue long enough to wipe its own eyelids? Why, the okapi of course! Today, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s ...
NEW ORLEANS - Audubon Nature Institute officials announce the birth of the first okapi calf born at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center. Okapi are listed as Endangered on the ...
One word summarizes what’s new at South Bend’s Potawatomi Zoo this summer: okapi. Not familiar? The zoo hopes to teach you. Okapi (pronounced oh-KAHP-ee) are an endangered species from Africa, a ...
The Cincinnati zoo's newest baby okapi calf now has a name: Meet Riley! The Cincinnati zoo's newest baby okapi calf now has a name: Meet Riley! The Cincinnati zoo's ...
A viral TikTok alleged the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden "successfully" crossbred a zebra with a giraffe. It then posed the question of whether or not the breeding was ethical. There's one small ...
Some Houstonians may go an entire lifetime without meeting local dignitaries such as the mayor. But one of the city's youngest residents, a baby okapi born at the Houston Zoo, was not only named after ...
What looks like a cross between a zebra, a donkey and a giraffe, sporting a purple tongue long enough to wipe its own eyelids? Why, the okapi of course! Today, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s ...