The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

As the population of the Okapi in Congo drops by 50% since 1995, the animal species is feared to be facing grave endangerment. CNN has reported that the population of Okapi species is now only at ...

Researchers for the first time have sequenced the genomes of the giraffe and the okapi – the squatter, short-necked member of the Giraffidae family. Their findings, described in Nature Communications ...

Have you ever wondered how giraffes got their characteristic long necks? We may be a little closer to knowing the answer. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the genomes of the giraffe and ...