Wonkito is back, and the wild giraffe is looking stronger than ever. According to Philip J. Briggs, a conservationist and nature photographer, Wonkito is a wild giraffe with a "dramatically crooked ...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed in China of a forerunner of the modern giraffe are offering insight into the early evolution of this mammal's trademark long neck, driven not only by ...

Have you ever wondered how giraffes got their characteristic long necks? We may be a little closer to knowing the answer. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the genomes of the giraffe and ...

It’s 1996 and paleontologist Jin Meng is exploring the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, China. The valley is nestled between the mountainous borders of Kazakhstan and Mongolia in the northwest. The Basin ...

For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced -- revealing the first clues about the genetic ...

When a rare giraffe somehow got a metal wire wrapped around its neck, a local rescue was prepared to help it by any means necessary to help it. Neil Parsons, who led the rescue effort at the private ...

The moment a couple's proposal was dramatically derailed by a headbutting giraffe has been viewed online over 2 million times. Bride-to-be Montserrat Cox was proposed to by her now-fiancee in a ...

Stop everything you're doing and join in on a very important debate that's taking over the internet: Where does a giraffe wear its necktie when it goes to work? Most have concluded that they would ...

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (CBS)-- A young giraffe at the Lehigh Valley Zoo died from neck injuries Sunday, just days after arriving at the zoo, say officials. Ernie, the 6-year-old Masai giraffe, arrived at ...