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 Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will now be run under a new management partnership agreement between the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the DRC ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant ...

Intensive poaching of large mammals, in particular elephants Mining activities inside the property Uncontrolled migration into the villages located within the property Illegal timber exploitation in ...

A rare and endangered okapi calf that was born on Good Friday is “thriving”, Dublin Zoo said. The birth marks an important milestone in the conservation of the okapi species, as she is only the third ...

The okapi once had unicorn status. Before any Western man or woman had laid their eyes on the mysterious and majestic mammal, it was deemed a myth. Meanwhile, the Congolese knew of its true existence ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Nature Institute announced that one of its endangered okapi is pregnant at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center. Eight-year-old “Asili” is expected to give birth ...

The Walt Disney World Resort celebrated World Okapi Day Thursday by announcing the birth of an okapi at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. The calf was born October 1, weighed 54 pounds and was mobile within ...