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 ...

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 ...

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 U ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jason Pootoolal, president of Save the Giraffes, about using in vitro fertilization for wild giraffes to save the species from extinction. Giraffes might be facing ...

Evolutionary theories said giraffes developed their height to get to better eats, but ancestors may have gained the advantage through head-butting battles. By Jack Tamisiea Since the days of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 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.