When competition for resources is fierce, being able to reach food that other animals cannot get to is a bonus. Possessing a foot-long tongue is a huge advantage and this is where the okapi excels. In ...

Ahmed Yehia is a contributor from Egypt. As a lifelong fan of Japanese anime and manga, Ahmed brings his passion for the genres to his writing for Game Rant. The Okapi Titan, resembling the rare ...

Alright, let’s talk about the okapi, the straight-up dopest creature you’ll find lurking in the African rainforest. This animal’s like Mother Nature got bored and decided to mix a zebra with a giraffe ...

Though sometimes called forest giraffes, this creature doesn’t look like a giraffe. It does have a long tongue, but it has the body of a horse and its legs have stripes, like a zebra. Males also have ...

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, ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI)–The San Diego Zoo welcomed a newborn female okapi calf to its Lost Forest exhibit last Tuesday. The calf was born to mom Subira and first-time dad Kapu, marking the first okapi ...

Katie Liu is a science journalist who writes for Discover Magazine, covering scientific studies on human health, archaeology, the environment and space exploration. View Full Profile. In the thick ...

Zookeepers have named the female calf Nia Nia after a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo – the only place in the world where okapis are found in the wild. Aww, look at those beautiful eyes!

The Chow-Chow dog—a sturdy, squarely built dog from China—has a fluffy coat resembling a lion's mane and a dark, black-blue tongue. These dogs are described as "dignified, serious-minded, and aloof," ...