Male giraffes have longer necks than females ... Illegal poaching and other human interference have decimated the population.

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 ...

LONG-NECKED GIRAFFE: Oh! Long necks can come in very handy ... Birds flying south for winter find their journey fraught with human-made dangers. Why did the brown bear evolve into the polar ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

It was a very tall order — but an Oklahoma chiropractor gave a neck adjustment to a 16-foot male giraffe, The Washington Post reports, and he displayed the whole procedure in a series of cuddly ...

Known as “necking” the giraffes use their long and powerful necks to attack, delivering hard blows with each hit. As you watch the video, you can hear the loud whacks coming from the neck ...

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.

Known for their 6-foot-long necks, distinctive patterning and long eyelashes, giraffes have always captured the human imagination. These amazing African animals have the highest blood pressure among ...

Giraffes are known to have high blood pressure, a consequence of the heart having to pump blood up to the head via a long neck. Their blood pressure is twice that of a human (average maximum blood ...

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Zoo has welcomed a new giraffe to the herd. Waffles, a female Reticulated giraffe, officially ...