A young giraffe with a zigzagging, seemingly broken neck has recently been spotted for the first time in South Africa. Almost nothing is known about this deformed animal, including how it got its ...

Giraffes are iconic for their incredibly long necks, which are not only a standout physical feature but also a marvel of evolutionary adaptation. These necks can measure up to six feet long, making ...

Giraffes are best known for their elegant necks, stretching high over the savannah like periscopes. We have some pretty good ideas about why evolution granted them these long necks: access to the ...

Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by Penn State biologists explores how this trait might have evolved and lends new insight into this iconic question. The reigning hypothesis is that ...

Baby giraffes, called calves, are born after a long and arduous 15-month gestation. This video by @youronlysourceofseratonin shows a newborn calf struggling to keep its eyes open and it’s neck upright ...

What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected the length of their necks in evolution, a new publication has suggested otherwise. This work ...

A baby giraffe died at a zoo in North Dakota after its head got stuck in the cover of its hay feeder. Roosevelt Park Zoo, in an email to USA TODAY, said the baby giraffe Jabari was found dead in his ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Wonkito is back, and the wild giraffe is looking stronger than ever. According to Philip J. Briggs, a conservationist and nature photographer, Wonkito is a wild giraffe with a "dramatically crooked ...

Days after turning 3 months old, a baby giraffe named "Saba" was found dead in her Zoo Miami enclosure. A zoo staffer found the young giraffe Saturday morning, leaving the zoo to speculate as to what ...