Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense ...

The okapi looks like a cross between a zebra and a giraffe but is actually a close relative of the latter. Found only in the Ituri Rainforest, it is known as the "forest giraffe." ...

The okapi, often called the “forest giraffe,” is a shy and solitary animal found only in the Ituri Rainforest and other dense forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ituri Forest, the okapi’s primary habitat, encompasses dense, humid lowland rainforest with limited access for researchers. This isolation was further exacerbated throughout the 20th and early ...

The okapi is not related to zebras but is the giraffe’s only living relative. There is some resemblance in the head, with similar ears and head shape. The tongue is prehensile and helps strip leaves ...

This year in honor of Week of the Young Child and Earth Day, every classroom collaborated to make a Recycled Rainforest. “Using materials, we would normally discard, such as cardboard, drink ...

Today’s Wonder of the Day is the okapi! At first glance, you might think the okapi is a relative of the zebra. That’s because its legs are striped black and white. However, this rare animal is most ...

3. They are very shy animals - Okapis are rarely seen in the wild as they are solitary animals and their dark fur coat and striped legs help camouflage them in the shadows of the rainforest.