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A new assessment of giraffes has officially recognized four distinct species, all in Africa, overturning prior ...
The San Diego Zoo celebrated the birth of an okapi calf last week, zoo officials announced Tuesday.
It’s no daycare, but there are still tons of baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo. Angela Hatke shares fun facts about the ...
There's a newborn okapi at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo says the female calf was born Sept. 2 and it's the first born there ...
A species survival center in Louisiana is awaiting a special delivery: a newborn okapi. The “zebra giraffe” is not an animal you’ll often see at a zoo, the Audubon Nature Institute told McClatchy News ...
A fresh assessment of the tallest living land animal and largest ruminant on Earth has officially recognized four distinct ...
The animal care and veterinarian teams at ZooTampa at Lowry Park have welcomed the birth of an endangered okapi calf. Okapi (pronounced oh-COP-ee) are the only living relative of the giraffe and are ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A rare okapi calf, a forest giraffe native to Central Africa, was born on September 24 at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo to experienced mother “Betty.” The yet-to-be-named newborn, a male ...
As the population of the Okapi in Congo drops by 50% since 1995, the animal species is feared to be facing grave endangerment. heros-okapi san diego zoo unstitute for conservation research According ...
San DiegoSan Diego — Okapis are the closest living relatives of giraffes. And like their longer-necked cousins, okapis are endangered. So the recent birth of an okapi at the San Diego Zoo was cause ...
The Sacramento Zoo held the grand opening for its new exhibit Friday, featuring two new residents that look like a cross between a zebra and some sort of antelope. They’re called okapi, and they’re ...