Giraffes are best known for their elegant necks, stretching high over the savannah like periscopes. We have some pretty good ideas about why evolution granted them these long necks: access to the ...

The tallest land animal, the lanky giraffe, is perhaps the first thing you think of when you picture the African savanna. With their long legs and necks, giraffes’ graceful silhouettes have featured ...

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Known for their 6-foot-long necks, distinctive patterning and long eyelashes, giraffes have always captured the human imagination. These amazing African animals have the highest blood pressure among ...

This week’s question was asked by Owen Fox, fourth grade, Miller Elementary School. Teacher: Angela Long. QUESTION: Why do giraffes have long necks? ANSWER: The giraffe is a graceful and magnificent ...

Researchers from the African Institute of Science and Technology recently sequenced the genome of the giraffe for the first time in their efforts to uncover hints as to the evolutionary development of ...