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 ...

But these tallest of all land mammals are in the midst of a silent extinction. Africa's giraffe population has dropped by almost 40 percent in the past 30 years, dwindling to just more than 97,000 ...

The First Congregational Church in Bakersfield invited the community and their pets to join its blessing of the animals ...

A baby giraffe was born with no spots at Brights Zoo in Tennessee on 31 July. The spotless giraffe is incredibly rare. In a statement, the zoo said: "Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid ...

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 ...

From three-legged opossums to owls with bad eyesight, a Noah’s Ark amount of animals find their way into the care of Texas A&M University graduate Krista Bligh, director of Paws and Claws ...

More than 400 guests gathered Oct. 19 at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Humane Society's largest ...

For about five years, Malibu’s tiny but heavily touristed wine scene had an irrefutable main character: Stanley the giraffe. Stanley first greeted visitors on the Malibu Wine Safaris tour at ...

What a relief it was to discover the Giraffe Creation folding stool. I ordered it with great anticipation, and it exceeded my expectations. It empowered me to walk with confidence, knowing that I ...

Paw Protect also offers an accident-only plan, which covers problems such as swallowing objects, torn cruciate ligaments and injuries from getting struck by a vehicle. An accident-only plan does ...

Critics are crowing about "Claude the Claw," a show-stopping paean to poultry performing under the bright lights of Broadway. "When do you ever see a chicken sandwich with the entire leg attached ...