Behind the counter and close to the grill stood two visitors, Kevin Pang and Roberta Rollins, the latter better known as Poochie. They were not helping any of the chefs working the grill but were ...

Giraffe populations are in trouble — and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed listing three subspecies of the tall animals as endangered and two species as threatened under ...

A bundle of joy and boundless energy has arrived at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo as zookeepers welcomed a baby giraffe. On Nov. 3, a male giraffe calf was born to second-time mom Allie and third ...

But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have plummeted — so much so that the U.S. government is moving to add many of these long-necked mammals to its official list of imperiled species.

The zoo is currently hampered by the existing giraffe habitat. The behind-the-scenes barn and existing layout "severely limits" the number of days the animals can be viewed by guests, since it's ...

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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 ...

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