That's important not only for understanding giraffe evolution but how male and female ... evolved long necks to help them ...

Females tend to use their long necks to probe deep into bushes and trees ... led to the giraffe’s extraordinary stature and ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise ... She could reach leaves further up the trees. When she had young, some of them also had longer necks and they too ...

As the African landscape shifted gradually from dense forests toward large patches of savannah, early hominids found their food supplies waning, leading them to descend from the trees and become ...

Sitting under the bushy canopy of a neem tree to shade us ... According to Nikos Soulounias, an evolutionary biologist at the New York Institute of Technology, the giraffe evolved on the Indian ...

This allows the animal to reach the leaves of tall trees. But an elongated neck is ... though extremely small compared to those of a giraffe. Mice and giraffes experienced two very different ...

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 ...

The Louisville Zoo's new baby giraffe has a name.The zoo had people vote on three and on Wednesday, they announced the winner: Nyasi.See video of Nyasi and his mother in the player above.Nyasi ...

ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is mourning the loss of its youngest giraffe. The zoo announced baby Zahara's death Wednesday stating she died after suffering a "severe leg fracture." ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise ... She could reach leaves further up the trees. When she had young, some of them also had longer necks and they too ...