The owner of a rural Virginia zoo accused of mistreating animals spent Christmas in jail, rather than reveal the location of ...

A PETA official dismissed the implication that there are no baby giraffes: “The existence of these calves has not been disputed until now,” said Daphna Nachminovitch, senior vice president of Cruelty ...

WASHINGTON--Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new ...

One of the final Rothschild's giraffes to make the trip from the flooded Kenyan island to a new sanctuary in a custom barge is a calf born on the island in December Nine endangered Rothschild's ...

The Toronto Zoo announced that one of their giraffes, Kiko, who was born at the Greenville Zoo, was killed in a tragic ...

With their crane-like necks, spindle legs and knobbly knees, giraffes are among the best-loved and most recognizable of animals. Despite their elevated stature, however, giraffes have kept their ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed adding giraffes to the endangered species list due to their declining population. “In response to declining giraffe populations caused by poaching, ...

Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic African megafauna was recently reclassified by the global wildlife ...

The Phoenix Zoo has a new resident, a bouncing baby female Masai giraffe. Zoo officials say the public may play a role in ...

Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size and structural differences. Just like humans, giraffes are said to ...

To most people, giraffes are merely adorable, long-necked animals that rank near the top of a zoo visit or a photo-safari bucket list. But to a cardiovascular physiologist, there’s even more to love.