Giraffes are famous for their towering height, but this unique anatomy also shapes one of the strangest sleep patterns in the animal kingdom. Living on open grasslands with little shelter, giraffes ...

If you’ve ever thought you’ve had to weather some bad storms, spare a thought for giraffes. It turns out that due to their impressively tall height, the world’s tallest mammal often cannot take ...

A video showing a herd of giraffes – which can grow to as tall as 5.5 meters (550cms) – standing amid a violent rainstorm in ...