Population growth, livestock overgrazing, and climate change are pushing pastoralists and farmers into wildlands and giraffe habitat. Meanwhile the population of Nubian giraffes, found mostly in ...

tippelskirchi), and reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata). To make things more confusing, the northern giraffe has a subspecies, the Nubian giraffe, whose scientific name is G. camelopardalis ...

Conservationists urge the protection of wildlife, but in absence of food, many communities say they are forced to hunt.

The world's only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to keep poachers at bay in north-east Kenya, conservationists say. A conservation group said rangers could monitor ...

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 ...

A baby giraffe was born with no spots at Brights Zoo in Tennessee on 31 July. The spotless giraffe is incredibly rare. In a statement, the zoo said: "Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid ...

Kenya has a population of 34,240 giraffes comprising the Masai giraffe, Reticulated giraffe and the Nubian giraffe. They are widely distributed in different ecosystems with the Masai giraffe found ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world. The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly ...

Truncated and with steep sides, the pyramids left by the long line of Nubian kings populate the desert near the site of Meroë. Rising high in the sky in the modern-day nation of Sudan is a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Zoo's baby giraffe was named "Nyasi" after a public vote earlier this month. Over the course of two weeks, nearly 4,000 votes were cast from people ...