A giraffe, photographed at the Bronx zoo. For me, no visit to the zoo is complete without stopping by to see the giraffes. They are among the most common of zoo animals, certainly, but I still find ...

“Palaeontology, in truth, is based on a narrow but solid foundation of fact, propped up by much that is uncertain or unstable, which future time must test, try—or reject.” So said anatomist James ...

Giraffes are tall creatures, but they're not as large as their extinct relatives, Sivatherium giganteum, a new study finds. In fact, S. giganteum may be the largest ruminant on record, researchers ...

An ancient relative of modern giraffes has been digitally recreated to reveal how the bizarre creature would have looked when it roamed Earth a million years ago. Sivatherium giganteum, a species that ...

With their comically long necks, horn-like head ornaments and lengthy strides, giraffes are some of the most bizarre creatures alive. But if you think they're weird, wait until you see their dead ...