But these tallest of all land mammals are in the midst of a silent extinction. Africa's giraffe population has dropped by almost 40 percent in the past 30 years, dwindling to just more than 97,000 ...

If finalized — and it's far from a done deal — the listings will mean that U.S. permits will be required for importing ...

Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a heartbreaking update about the future of giraffes.

Zoo officials announced the construction of the new complex in a news release Wednesday. In addition to offering guests a ...

Giraffe numbers have dropped by 40 percent in 30 years, to about 110,000 in the wild. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Of all the large African mammals ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials proposed on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that giraffes need new protections under the ...

For almost 50 years, the highly threatened West African giraffe has been absent from Niger's Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve. Illegal hunting, climate change and habitat loss have all contributed to ...

The zoo is currently hampered by the existing giraffe habitat. The behind-the-scenes barn and existing layout "severely ...

The Kenya Wildlife Society, the main conservation body in the east-African country, said it was happy to assist in efforts to protect "unique wildlife like the only known white giraffe".

The Birmingham Zoo has announced the birth of a healthy female giraffe. The baby was born on ... giraffes in the herd at the zoo’s Trails of Africa from four to five. Zoo staff had been ...