I come from a pretty small family, so when my father married a South African woman with a large extended family, I was delighted. They are an interesting bunch: Russian Jews, some of whom survived the ...

Giraffe's may be gentle, but they are impressive beasts. Weighing up to two tons, the giraffe is a colossal animal and unlike any other. Wildlife vet Julian Fennessy walks us through the giraffe's ...

Giraffes didn’t just wake up one day with sky-high necks — their bodies are the result of millions of years of adaptation to shifting African landscapes. From heart-pumping feats that defy gravity to ...

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 ...

Researchers have produced a high-quality genome from the giraffe and investigated which genes are likely to be responsible for its unique biological features. The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal.