As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read an animal encyclopaedia given to his family by a visiting scientist. He became fascinated by ...

Epulu had been at the San Antonio Zoo since 2014, when he was 2 years old. He was part of the Okapi Species Survival Plan.

The okapi is one of the rainforest’s most mysterious mammals. At first glance, it looks like someone stitched together a zebra and a giraffe. Its hind legs have striking white stripes, its face is ...

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 male okapi calf and his mother, Kayin, are doing well following the baby animal's September 7 birth at the Oklahoma City Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Beni, the okapi calf born last summer at Walt Disney World, can now been seen by the public on the savanna at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. He is accompanied there by his mother Olivia. (The father ...