We all know giraffes for their long, stretchy necks and their distinctive spots. We’ve seen them in children’s movies, and ...

Giraffes, the tallest land animals, possess remarkably long necks measuring up to six feet. This extraordinary adaptation grants them access to food high in trees, minimizing competition with ...

Find out some fun facts about giraffes with Steve and Aneeshwar. You can learn why they have long necks, what they eat and how long their tongues are! Giraffes are the tallest animal in the world ...

The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world. The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly ...

The tallest animal in the world is in trouble. Giraffe populations are declining at such an alarming rate — from habitat loss, poaching, urbanization and climate change-fueled drought — that ...

For almost 50 years, the highly threatened West African giraffe has been absent from Niger's Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve. Illegal hunting, climate change and habitat loss have all contributed to ...

The first Europeans to see giraffes thought they were too strange to be of this world and so they developed a mythical status. To them, the animal had the gait and disinterested chew of a camel ...

Wildlife officials cited poaching, habitat loss and climate change behind the declining populations of some giraffe species.

Lincoln Children's Zoo announced the birth of a male giraffe. He was born on Nov. 3 to mom, Allie, and dad, Joey. The zoo ...