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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Add claws and paw pads, and you have the cat paw. These agile, sophisticated appendages enable cats to hunt, run, climb, jump, and land with ease. Cat paws also help cats groom and defend ...

The community brings their beloved pets to Sunday's service at the First Congregational Church in Bakersfield. The community brought cats, dogs, and turtles for a blessing. While there isn’t a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...