She needed to be rescued. Conservationists have teamed up with Kenyan wildlife authorities and local members of the community to start moving the giraffes off the island and into a new sanctuary ...

Maybe I should just get myself back down to Chessington for my son's birthday again this year. As anyone has stayed there ...

Giraffe numbers have dropped by 40 percent in 30 years, to about 110,000 in the wild. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Of all the large African mammals ...

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 ...

Find out some fun facts about giraffes with Steve and Aneeshwar. You can learn why they have long necks, what they eat and how long their tongues are! Giraffes are the tallest animal in the world ...

Mammals expert Richard Sabin explains why giraffe numbers have plummeted in the past 15 years. Wild giraffe populations in northern Africa are rapidly declining, with human activity cited as the main ...

SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh, yes! A long, long time ago, giraffes didn't have long necks. They were just like the elephants and the antelopes, whose necks were shorter. GIRAFFE: Just look at those ...

Unlike most animals, giraffes have long, purple or bluish tongues that serve crucial functions in their daily lives. This unusual adaptation isn’t just aesthetic; it reveals essential details ...

Across Kenya, grasslands underpin people's lives—as well as those of animals like elephants, giraffes, and hyenas. But the ...