Learn how Brookfield Zoo has cared for 54 okapi since 1955 and continues to pioneer conservation for this endangered species.

A nudge above the equator in one of the most biodiverse places in Africa lives an almost-mythical mammal that few people have ever seen. The striped okapi is often described as half-zebra, ...

Picture courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Corneille Ewango of the Wildlife Conservation Society today received the prestigious Picture courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize for ...

EPULU, Democratic Republic of Congo - I awoke shortly after dawn to a natural orchestra of sounds drifting through the Congolese rain forest. Ten pygmies with razor-sharp arrows and bows were milling ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- Rare images of an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be mythical have been released. The okapi is a shy animal related to the giraffe, with zebra-like ...

While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly ...

A camera trap has captured the first-ever photo of an okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park. The picture shows that the elusive forest giraffe has managed to survive more ...

At its last session in June 1997, the Bureau, noted that equipment and facilities in this site had been looted and wildlife poached. Fortunately, the staff in this site did not suffer any harm, ...

In 2004, Bakody spent nine months in Kindu, a provincial capital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, managing a radio station set up by the UN peacekeeping force at a time when the country’s ...