The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world. The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly ...

A circulatory system that beats gravity. Spots that dissipate heat. This giant is purpose-built for its size and surroundings. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...

The zoo announced on its Facebook page the addition of Pippi, a 10-month-old female Masai Giraffe, to the Ben Gogolick Giraffe Encounter. The Masai Giraffe is the tallest living mammal ...

Mice and giraffes live drastically different lives – not to mention that giraffes tower over mice by over five meters. A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height.

The world's only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to keep poachers at bay in north-east Kenya, conservationists say. A conservation group said rangers could monitor ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Potawatomi Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby giraffe! The zoo says mother Zindzhi gave birth to a female Masai giraffe calf back on Oct. 13. Zoo officials say ...

This is the first giraffe born at the zoo since Dobby, now the oldest member of the herd at 8 years old, was born in 2017. “Not only is this exciting news for DZCA, but it’s also a huge win ...

Tong Yang-Tze is reviving an ancient but disappearing practice and making it contemporary — writ large. By Zachary Small and An Rong Xu The Jewish Museum pairs the Texas artist with a 20th ...

SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh, yes!