It’s World Giraffe Day on 21 June, the perfect time to spotlight this African species, which is experiencing population ...

While the plight of black rhinos and pangolins dominates the headlines, another iconic African species is experiencing ...

The tallest land animal, the lanky giraffe, is perhaps the first thing you think of when you picture the African savanna.

Both giraffes and humans have seven neck bones known as the cervical vertebrae. “Even though the neck of a giraffe can be eight feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds, ...

There’s something oddly hypnotic about watching a giraffe move, like it’s gliding through the air on stilts. Still, a lot of ...

What this says to us is maybe there’s a way for us to leverage this adaptation that took 11.5 million years of evolution, and bring giraffe FGFRL1 to the bedside for my human patients. Many ...

Giraffes have the same number of teeth as humans do, but they are designed in a very different way to serve a unique purpose.

Wild giraffe populations in northern Africa are rapidly declining, with human activity cited as the main cause. Habitat loss and illegal poaching have left the gentle giant at risk of extinction. An ...

Giraffes have the same number of neck bones as humans. Rating: Context: Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have ...

Giraffes, despite a relatively small brain, ... Reasoning about probabilities is something humans can't always manage especially well, but it's clearly a skill we're capable of.