New research led by African scientists has confirmed that giraffes are not one species but four, a reclassification set to ...

Northern giraffes, reticulated giraffes, Masai giraffes and Southern giraffes — according to new data and genetic studies.

A new assessment of giraffes has officially recognized four distinct species, all in Africa, overturning prior ...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has announced the names of its two baby giraffes, Subeera and Matope, and visitors can view ...

African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are now only about ...

Monica Bond and Derek Lee’s “love and obsession” for giraffes started during a trip to Uganda in 2005. Since then, they said, ...

A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide ...

PHOENIX — A 14-foot giraffe that was shot and killed in South Africa three years ago now has a permanent home in Tucson. The stuffed giraffe now sits in the main room at the International Wildlife ...

The population has dwindled across Africa for several reasons. LONDON -- Giraffe numbers are dwindling across Africa because of poaching and habitat loss caused by human population growth, according ...

An American woman and her son were seriously injured by a giraffe. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The father of an American woman who was attacked by a giraffe on a wildlife reserve in South Africa ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Those responsible for the death of a giraffe whose head struck a South African highway overpass while it was being transported in a truck will likely be prosecuted under animal ...

San Diego Zoo Safari Park has welcomed two new additions to its giraffe family. Meet Subeera and Matope, two Masai giraffe ...