Children sat in awe Friday in Barnes & Noble as Debra Young Hatch read to them a story about three giraffes sneaking into a young boy's closet and creating a lifelong friendship. The bookstore hosted ...

There’s nothing tiny about a baby giraffe. Standing about six feet tall and weighing around 150 pounds at birth, a newborn ...

They are the tallest animals trotting on Earth, their long necks and iconic brown spots populating cartoons, children’s books and toy shelves. But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have ...

Giraffes, those majestic long-necked creatures that rule the African savannas, have fascinated humans for centuries. Their graceful stride, keen eyesight, and unique feeding habits make them stand out ...

Giraffes might be facing extinction, with their numbers dropping over 40% in the last three decades, but there's an effort to save the long-necked creatures, and it involves a procedure familiar to ...

NEW DELHI – Giraffes, the world’s tallest animals, are no longer considered a single species. A new global review has confirmed that there are actually four distinct species, reshaping how scientists ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia, September 8, 2025 (ENS) – A fresh assessment of the tallest living land animal and largest ruminant on Earth has officially recognized four distinct species of giraffes, overturning ...

Photographed on a private game reserve in central Namibia, this young Angolan giraffe is the first spotless giraffe recorded in the wild in Africa A so-far unique wild spotless giraffe has been ...

The El Paso Zoo made history April 19 with the birth of its first giraffe, an endangered species. Zoo officials announced that Gigi had a healthy male giraffe, born about 9 p.m. in the zoo's hoof ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Joerg Jebram, who oversees the European Endangered Species Program for giraffes, explains why he believes the Copenhagen Zoo was correct in its decision to kill 2-year-old Marius. Q: ...

It took a trip to study giraffes in Africa to convince zookeeper Jill Erzar just how good we have it in St. Paul — to have a place like Como Park Zoo to visit. "They have these wonderful [wildlife] ...