Okapi - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/okapi/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Okapi - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/okapi/ 32 32 103504436 A Celebration of Life at Houston Zoo https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-celebration-of-life-at-houston-zoo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-celebration-of-life-at-houston-zoo Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:35 +0000 https://www.houstonzoo.org/?p=106684 First Dia de los Muertos Celebration Plus Rare Baby Okapi Public Debut Houston Zoo is honoring life and legacy with its first Dia de los Muertos celebration and invites guests to get a…

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]]> 1055223 Who’s New at the Houston Zoo https://houstonnewmedia.org/whos-new-at-the-houston-zoo-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whos-new-at-the-houston-zoo-3 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:09 +0000 https://www.houstonzoo.org/?p=106263 There are a few adorable new faces to meet at the Houston Zoo this fall. A boat-billed heron chick, a rare okapi, a playful Baird’s tapir and an endangered eastern bongo calf now…

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]]> 1029821 There’s a New Sylvester in Town https://houstonnewmedia.org/theres-a-new-sylvester-in-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theres-a-new-sylvester-in-town Tue, 30 May 2023 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.houstonzoo.org/?p=96904 Baby Okapi Makes Public Debut at Houston Zoo Sylvester, the okapi meets Sylvester, the Mayor. The one-month-old male calf was named after Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner. The name Sylvester means “forest dweller” which…

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