A circulatory system that beats gravity. Spots that dissipate heat. This giant is purpose-built for its size and surroundings.

The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the giraffe is an outstanding case of animal evolution and physiology. Now, an international ...

Originally assumed to comprise just one species, new research confirms 50 years of detailed studies that find giraffes are comprised of at least four cryptic species. Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size ...

Students often learn that giraffes (Giraffa spp.) evolved their sinuous necks to eat high-dangling leaves that stumpier competitors couldn’t quite reach. However, thickened skull and vertebrae fossils ...