They are the tallest animals trotting on Earth, their long necks and iconic brown spots populating cartoons, children’s books and toy shelves. But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations ...

It's a sad day for animal conservationists. Giraffes are about to join the endangered species list for the first time. In recent times, wild giraffe populations in Africa have experienced a steep ...

Careful management is needed to secure their future and to prevent extinction, either geographically or at the subspecies level - or the complete loss of the species.' A taxidermy giraffe specimen ...

and other extractive industries — are destroying giraffes' homes and converting their habitat for human use. Illegal hunting is also a problem for the species. Giraffes are poached for their meat in ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown in a new study from Uppsala University and Brown University in which ...

Reticulated giraffes (pictured) were one of three species studied by the researchers. By sequencing DNA from faecal samples, they were able to determine both the bacterial composition of the gut ...

By sequencing plant and bacterial DNA from fecal samples, they were able to investigate both the bacterial composition of the gut and which plants wild giraffes had eaten. Species-specific gut flora ...

[Jacinta Mutura, Standard] Rare reticulated giraffes are being tracked in their habitats in arid Northern Kenya following the inclusion of the species in the Red List of endangered animals.