1849 Dry-cleaning is discovered when M Jolly-Bellin accidentally upsets a lamp, containing turpentine and oil, on his clothing and sees the cleansing effect. 1879 The bridge over the River Tay in ...

Get up close and personal with a giraffe—the gentle giant of the animal kingdom. From their long necks to their beautiful ...

For our last unhinged roundup of 2025, Trump treated us with some genuinely mad ramblings about giraffes and literally ...

This winter, Stages Theatre Company is inviting audiences of all ages to step into the vibrant West African Savanna with ...

Members of the public now have the chance to help name a baby giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo. She's Sunshine's fifth calf born at ...

The Phoenix Zoo welcomed a new female Masai giraffe calf on Nov. 16. Born at roughly 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, the calf is currently bonding with her mother, Sunshine. The public will be invited to ...

Royal Oak — Detroit Zoo visitors will soon see a small, new four-legged friend as part of the zoo's giraffe family. The zoo announced this week that a baby giraffe was born Sunday morning. The female ...

Giraffes fascinate physiologists, as well as children at the zoo. The most interesting point about them, physiologically, is that they manage to keep their heads supplied with the proper amount of ...

We're used to thinking of giraffes as one species. Turns out, there are actually four distinct species of the world's tallest mammal. We're used to thinking of giraffes as one species. Turns out there ...

The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, now officially recognizes four distinct giraffe species, it announced on Aug. 21. Until recently, giraffes across Africa were classified as a ...

Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis ...