Giraffes are known for their peaceful nature and their preference for living together in close family social groups. Although they rarely fight with each other, there are times when two male giraffes ...

Giraffe fight! Discovery caught a rare instance of these usually gentle creatures duking it out for territory on camera. Once we get past the Spaghetti Western music, these two start whipping their ...

Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual, you need food. To survive as a species, you need sex. Not surprisingly, then, the age-old question of why ...

Baby giraffes, called calves, are born after a long and arduous 15-month gestation. This video by @youronlysourceofseratonin shows a newborn calf struggling to keep its eyes open and it’s neck upright ...

Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual you need food. To survive as a species you need sex. Not surprisingly then, the age-old question of why ...

A Penn State researcher has been trying to get to the bottom of the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks. Ed Reschke Getty Images Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights ...

Giraffes are majestic animals, whose long necks make them stand apart from other beings. For a long time, researchers have been trying to figure out how giraffes acquired this feature, stated ABC. In ...

What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected the length of their necks in evolution, a new publication has suggested otherwise. This work ...

If you've ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves atop tall acacia trees in Africa. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

A study explores body proportions of Masai giraffes, lending insight into why giraffes have such long necks and how this trait might have evolved. Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by ...

Giraffes have the longest necks of any living animal today, but scientists debated why for over a century. A new study may finally have the answer.

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