Giraffes are a beautiful and powerful example of what adaptive evolution can achieve. However, in recent years they have attained notoriety for a completely different reason: it has been suggested ...

This provides a further incentive for conserving all the different lineages of giraffes, whether they be called species, subspecies, populations, or whatever," says Yoshan Moodley, a co-author of ...

Instead, we saw that giraffes seem to maintain species-specific microbiomes, even when individuals within the same species ...

Zebras and giraffes form a symbiotic bond that boosts ... the team documented for the first time how the two different species often move together over extended periods — a mixed-species union ...

Species-specific gut flora in giraffes The researchers collected samples from three different species, the reticulated giraffe, the Masai giraffe and the northern giraffe, which live around the ...

about using in vitro fertilization for wild giraffes to save the species from extinction. Giraffes might be facing extinction, with their numbers dropping over 40% in the last three decades ...

"Federal protections for giraffes will help protect a vulnerable species, foster biodiversity, support ecosystem health, combat wildlife trafficking, and promote sustainable economic practices," U ...

Arthur Morris/Getty/Stock Image Giraffes need new protections under the United States Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials proposed on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

While giraffes are not native to the U.S., listing them under the act would still provide protections to giraffe populations. The Endangered Species Act, enacted in 1973, establishes protections ...