Rothschild’s giraffes can top 19 feet and are easy to distinguish from other giraffes because they usually have five ossicones, or nubby horns, on their rock-hard noggins, instead of two.

Not even the guides can tell if the nurslings are male or female. Once a giraffe matures, the distinction is easy: peralta males grow a third ossicone. The census-takers note three baby giraffes ...

A second giraffe, Pasaka, was rescued the day after Asiwa. But it’s not so easy to move these gentle giants. “They don't know that you're trying to help them,” said David O’Connor ...

A giraffe gave birth to an unexpected calf at the Maryland Zoo, officials said.

Doc, a 22-year-old giraffe who was one of the original animals at the Brevard Zoo's Expedition Africa exhibit, has died. Doc had been experiencing mobility issues and other age-related health ...