Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size ...

Fossils unearthed in China of a forerunner of the modern giraffe are offering insight into the early evolution of this mammal's trademark long neck, driven not only by the benefit of reaching high ...

Wonkito is back, and the wild giraffe is looking stronger than ever. According to Philip J. Briggs, a conservationist and nature photographer, Wonkito is a wild giraffe with a "dramatically crooked ...

A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according to new research. The oddball giraffoid didn’t have the signature long neck of ...

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Evolutionary theories said giraffes developed their height to get to better eats, but ancestors may have gained the advantage through head-butting battles. By Jack Tamisiea Since the days of Charles ...