The species also look slightly different from each other: the Masai giraffe, for example, is noticeably darker, with patches separated by irregular, light brown lines all the way down to their legs.

In zoos, different giraffe species will readily mate, but if the species cross paths in Kenya, their rain-driven mating cycles won’t be in sync. Rachel Nuwer. October 23, 2013.

Different giraffe species face different risks.Some are among the most threatened large mammals in the world. While the ...

The paper notes that “wild giraffes are highly mobile and can interbreed in captivity,” which may explain why biologists assumed they were all the same species (just with slightly different ...

There are many different definitions of what constitutes a separate species. Whether we regard the lineages described here as separate species or not, it is clear that they each represent a unique ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown ...

State of Giraffe report says that the animal is still under threat of extinction, despite some populations recovering.

Giraffes are a beautiful and powerful example of what adaptive evolution can achieve. However, in recent years they have attained notoriety for a completely different reason: it has been suggested ...

About 10,173 mature Angolan giraffes exist, according to a IUCN study published in 2020. Their population, however, has increased over the last three decades and the IUCN says this species has the ...

Take the giraffe. In 1758, the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus described a single species of giraffe: Giraffa camelopardalis. Although the species has declined in recent decades, 117,000 giraffes ...

On World Giraffe Day, see how conservationists are working to save Earth's tallest animals from a 'silent extinction.' 1 of 18 A tower of reticulated giraffes grazes in Namunyak Conservancy in ...