This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...

After debating this question for the past 150 years, biologists still cannot agree on which of these two factors was the most important in the evolution of the giraffe’s neck. In the past three ...

Female Giraffes Drove the Evolution of Long Giraffe Necks in Order to Feed on the Most Nutritious Leaves, New Research Suggests June 05th, 17PM June 05th, 17PM (The Conversation is an independent ...