A natural history of giraffes: their way of life, their herd structure, their curious behaviors, their anatomical features and physiological adaptations, and their relation to other animals and man.

Giraffes are just as astonishing on the inside as they are to look at. Standing up to 19 feet tall, they require enormously high blood pressure to pump blood up to the head, yet they suffer few, if ...

Giraffes are unique and have made many evolutionary adaptations. Scientists have now learned more about the unusual physiology of this animal by studying its genome. One giraffe gene in particular ...