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 ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...

"Losing giraffes would be a devastating loss to Earth's biodiversity," Kessler said. "We hope that USFWS will move quickly to ...

While “Big Momma” is as tall as a giraffe, the new coral is the size of a blue whale. The Solomon Islands, a cluster of ...