"The birth of this calf is very special as this incredible species continues to face many challenges in its native range," the zoo said Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE.

The okapi is one of the world’s most elusive mammals. In 1904, the British explorer Percy Powell-Cotton set his sights on obtaining a specimen for his growing natural history collection. He succeeded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a new Okapi calf to its animal community. This mysterious and adorable creature was born at ...

The San Diego Zoo just welcomed a special new addition: a rare okapi calf! “The San Diego Zoo wildlife care team welcomed a spunky new okapi calf on September 2nd,” the zoo shared in an Instagram post ...

The male calf made his arrival on Oct. 9, the zoo announced on Oct. 13 Sacramento Zoo/Facebook The Sacramento Zoo is celebrating the first okapi birth in its nearly 100-year history The zoo announced ...

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 ...

With the stripes of a zebra and the tongue of a giraffe, okapis are constantly compared to their more recognisable cousins. But today at Bristol Zoo, the reclusive okapis commanded the public's ...

The discovery of the elusive okapi, once believed to be a mythical unicorn, was one of the most exciting taxonomic findings of the twentieth century. To protect this shy, giraffe-like animal, wildlife ...

The newest additions to the Sacramento Zoo will look like they’re wearing zebra pants, but they actually share more common ancestry with giraffes. The zoo is debuting its new exhibit containing two ...

The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a new Okapi calf to its animal community. This mysterious and adorable creature was born at the beginning of this month and is the first of her kind to be born at ...