SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

They estimated neck length from photos of adult Masai ... are the reason for giraffes' long necks. That's important not only ...

Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago, giraffes didn’t have long necks. They wanted to eat the ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

Finding that female giraffes have proportionally both longer necks and longer body trunks led us to propose that females, and not males, drove the evolution of the giraffe's long neck, and not for ...

The young giraffe bull was clearly distressed, swinging its neck from side to side. “The animal was darted with a tranquiliser arrow to put it to sleep, after which anaesthesia was administered ...

Although male and female giraffes have the same body proportions at birth, they are significantly different as they reach sexual maturity. Females have proportionally longer necks and longer ...

Smith admits she wants to become a "giraffe woman" just for her 11-inch-long neck. According to the Huffington Post, the 28-year-old woman from Los Angeles has extended her neck with 11 copper rings ...

Sydney V. Smith admits she wants to become a "giraffe woman" just for her 11-inch-long neck. According to the Huffington Post, the 28-year-old woman from Los Angeles has extended her neck with 11 ...

Witnessing this gawky effort to obtain the most basic sustenance makes one wonder if the right question to ask isn’t why the giraffe has such a long neck, but rather, why is it so short relative ...

Mice and giraffes live drastically different lives – not to mention that giraffes tower over mice by over five meters. A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height.