Imagine standing face to face with a giraffe, your neck craned back as you gaze up at this gentle giant towering over you. At first glance, their impossibly long necks seem almost otherworldly ...

This popular zoo animal is about to join the endangered species list. Giraffe populations in the wild savannas of Africa have experienced a dramatic decline, and it has become so severe that the U ...

The giraffe population has dwindled to a point where the species should be protected under federal endangered species laws, U.S. wildlife officials said Wednesday, signaling what would be the ...

Giraffes are by far the tallest animal in the world. They are six feet tall at birth and can grow between 14 and 19 feet tall. This puts them well over the second tallest animal, the African Bush ...

Subspecies of northern giraffes has declined approximately 77% since 1985. The tallest animal on Earth is in danger, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has called for federal ...

In the video posted by Polish Dr Dolittle on YouTube, we get to see a fascinating encounter between a giraffe and a rhino in a zoo enclosure. The young rhino, likely a juvenile, looks like a ...

The number of giraffes has decreased by nearly 30% since the 1980s, per the Giraffe Conservation Foundation Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

But a study released on Thursday indicates that managing probabilities may be more widespread than we think since an animal with a relatively small brain—the giraffe—is apparently capable of it.

While giraffes are found in Africa, the proposal would restrict the import of their parts into the United States and would increase conservation funding to help the animals survive. In 2022 ...

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.

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 ...