The hornless creature's head could also reach 23ft (7m) to graze treetops, making it taller than a giraffe. The new findings were concluded from fossils discovered in Gansu Province. In a study ...

It is a hole in the ground about 25 miles northwest of Johannesburg, in a ridged brown valley where herds of giraffes occasionally ... This accounts for the trove of fossils Berger is finding ...

They come in all shapes and sizes - from tiny mice to towering giraffes, and scale-covered pangolins to 100-tonne whales. But despite their differences now, all mammals stemmed from one common ...

But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have plummeted — so much so that the U.S. government is moving to add many of these long-necked mammals to its official list of imperiled species.