Scientists have long theorized that the long neck of modern-day giraffes evolved to enable them to find more vegetation or to develop a specialized method of fighting. A new study of fossil cervical ...

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London found that a supportive ligament is protected by a groove in the animals' lower leg bones. This groove is much deeper in giraffes than in ...

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) reflects on the life of 17-year-old breeding male giraffe Khalid after his euthanization ...

A Bedfordshire safari park has successfully performed high-risk surgery on a 500kg giraffe with a rare knee condition. Woburn Safari Park said one of its tallest residents, the Nubian giraffe Sahara, ...

Scientists have worked out the anatomical secret to giraffes' long and spindly - but strong - legs. Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London found that a supportive ligament is ...