A young giraffe with a zigzagging, seemingly broken neck has recently been spotted for the first time in South Africa. Almost nothing is known about this deformed animal, including how it got its ...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed in China of a forerunner of the modern giraffe are offering insight into the early evolution of this mammal's trademark long neck, driven not only by ...

Zoo Miami shared that it is searching "for any indication of what may have led to this very sad incident." Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Wonkito is back, and the wild giraffe is looking stronger than ever. According to Philip J. Briggs, a conservationist and nature photographer, Wonkito is a wild giraffe with a "dramatically crooked ...

It’s 1996 and paleontologist Jin Meng is exploring the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, China. The valley is nestled between the mountainous borders of Kazakhstan and Mongolia in the northwest. The Basin ...

The moment a couple's proposal was dramatically derailed by a headbutting giraffe has been viewed online over 2 million times. Bride-to-be Montserrat Cox was proposed to by her now-fiancee in a ...

Parker, a 6-year-old Masai giraffe at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, died after he became stuck in a support structure at the giraffe enclosure gate, USA Today reported. The incident happened on ...

It can be hard to know if someone is really into you. Sometimes, you get hints — a certain look or smile, a nervous blush or flirtation. Giraffes get none of that. They have no set breeding season.

A 3-month-old female giraffe died at Zoo Miami after breaking its neck over the weekend, officials said. The juvenile giraffe, who was born on Dec. 15, was found dead by zoo employees on Saturday ...