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 ...

WASHINGTON (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 the ...

A young giraffe with a zigzagging, seemingly broken neck has recently been spotted for the first time in South Africa. Almost nothing is known about this deformed animal, including how it got its ...

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 ...

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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 the benefit of reaching high ...

Baby giraffes, called calves, are born after a long and arduous 15-month gestation. This video by @youronlysourceofseratonin shows a newborn calf struggling to keep its eyes open and it’s neck upright ...

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 ...

Zoo Miami shared that it is searching "for any indication of what may have led to this very sad incident." Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Being the tallest of all land-living animals, it is unusual for giraffes to struggle to get food. The giraffe, an African even-toed ungulate mammal, browses on the twigs of trees, preferring trees of ...