The Independent

The Okapi, Congo’s hidden ‘forest jewel’, now protected thanks to conservation milestone

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

African species known as ‘forest giraffe’ joins Michigan zoo’s ‘diverse animal family’

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 ...
The Advocate

Meet Asili, an 8-year-old endangered okapi expected to give birth later this year in Louisiana

An 8-year-old okapi at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center on the West Bank is pregnant and will give birth to a calf later this year, an encouraging development for the shy and ...
Environment News Service

IUCN Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group

September 8, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on Giraffes Reclassified to Four Distinct Species, Not Just One WINDHOEK, Namibia, September 8, 2025 (ENS) – A fresh assessment of the tallest living land ...