Weight: 440-550 lbs (200-250 kg) for females; 440-880 lbs (200-400kg) for males The bongo is a very striking forest antelope with a brilliantly colored hide and long, smooth, spiral-shaped horns.

A rare eastern bongo antelope was born two weeks ago at the Denver Zoo, with reports that both mother and baby are doing fine. The male bongo antelope, named Mkono (muh-ko’-no), which is Swahili ...

Following a successful 35-year captive breeding program in the United States, 18 rare African mountain antelopes, called bongo, have been returned to their native habitat near Mount Kenya, where ...

Lion Country Safari welcomed two male eastern bongo antelope to the safari. Makumi and Bakari, one-year-old and two-years-old respectively, relocated to Lion Country Safari in late April from the ...

But the bongo is not threatened by the avarice of poachers and profiteers alone. Like the rest of our wildlife, human encroachment on its habitat has spawned a litany of dangers. These include ...

Honolulu Zoo visitors can now view a one-month-old baby bongo antelope on display with her parents. The zoo welcomed the calf on the afternoon of Feb. 19. Zoo staff worked for several weeks to ...