“Since giraffes primarily feed on leaves, they do this to make up for mineral deficiencies in their diet, especially calcium ...

SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

The neck may play a role in this heat regulation, allowing giraffes to thrive in warm environments. A giraffe’s neck alone can grow up to six feet in length, which is almost the height of an ...

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 ...

“Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells Reuters. Another explanation that hasn’t gained as much ...

and the heavier the head at the end of the neck, the greater the force a giraffe is able to deliver in a blow. KWS researchers say successful males in necking have greater access to oestrous ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...

Mice and giraffes live drastically different lives – not to mention that giraffes tower over mice by over five meters. A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height.

It was a very tall order — but an Oklahoma chiropractor gave a neck adjustment to a 16-foot male giraffe, The Washington Post reports, and he displayed the whole procedure in a series of cuddly ...

Once it penetrates the giraffe’s skin, he and his team will have just minutes to chase down the animal, tackle her, and inject her neck with an antidote to keep her from dying. If she can be ...