I n an “acidic” river of central Africa swam a “large”-mouthed creature with a giraffe-like pattern. When visiting scientists snagged one of these unique animals, it immediately caught ...

Ziggy the giraffe was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. Today, nearly 15, she is matriarch of giraffes at County ...

The tallest mammals in the San Diego Zoo have welcome a new member to the fold: a 14-month-old male giraffe. The baby comes ...

Ziggy the giraffe was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. Today, at nearly 15 years old, she is matriarch of giraffes at Milwaukee County Zoo.

The study also showed that giraffe mothers and their calves had very similar coat patterns, suggesting that some characteristics of a giraffe's spot shape are heritable.

For a long time, researchers and observers alike have noticed the visible variation between individual giraffes in features like color and coat pattern, but this had long been ascribed to simple ...

A brown spotless giraffe, the first known case in over 50 years, was born at a Tennessee zoo. An expert said other giraffes might be surprised at its spotlessness, but likely won't reject it.

Following the July 31 birth of a spotless giraffe at a Tennessee zoo, another spotless giraffe was seen in the wild in Namibia; scientists believe a genetic mutation or recessive genotype may be ...

Just a few weeks old and still without a name, a newborn giraffe at a zoo in northeastern Tennessee could rightly be nicknamed “spotless.” The female giraffe born without its characteristic ...