Another noticeable feature of a giraffe is the pair of ossicones between the ears. Ossicones are bony growths on the skull, covered by skin and hair, that resemble horns. Finally, the giraffe’s entire ...

The second giraffe was born at the El Paso Zoo to parents Gigi and Juma. The first giraffe was Obi, born in April 2023, and is set to join a herd of five females at the Dallas Zoo. The zoo staff ...

Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict the Hebrew leader with cranial appendages; he was upholding a ...

The Longhorns hired a new coach in 1989 and Tom Penders brought his own up-tempo approach to the SWC, which was dubbed "Runnin' 'Horns." In his first three seasons at Texas, Penders led the ...

A brain teaser shared on Instagram puzzled users as they tried to spot a hidden giraffe camouflaged in the background. Brain teasers, especially optical illusions, have captured the imagination of ...

a subspecies or species of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa and lives in Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. Dave Osborn is the regional features editor of the Naples Daily News ...

The African buffalo, Syncerus caffer, can reach up to five feet tall and eight feet long. They weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Both males and females have large, heavy horns, with the males’ being larger.

Giraffe skulls are important to the animals’ reproduction and evolution. That’s because of their ossicones, the horn-like structures that are longer and wider in males than in females.

While very friendly this giraffe could become defensive and use his ossicones against me at any moment. This is why I take my adjustments slowly and delicately. I read that and thought, "I'd hate to ...

What Gerber took out of the giraffe’s mouth surprised them all. “It was a duiker’s skull, with the horns intact,” laughs Gerber. “Giraffes don’t typically chew on skulls,” he explains.