The giraffe’s gut microbiome is made up of a variety of bacteria and fungi, and is largely determined by the giraffe’s ...

A 3-year-old giraffe named Msituni jumped her enclosure to get a nibble of a nearby mesquite tree. Zoo officials say Msituni ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown ...

Life Cycle: Giraffes can live as long as 25 years. Feeding: Giraffes eat a very wide variety of trees and shrubs and spend a large part of each day browsing. Threats: Giraffes have experienced severe ...

Find out some fun facts about giraffes with Steve and Aneeshwar. You can learn why they have long necks, what they eat and how long their tongues are! Giraffes are the tallest animal in the world ...

Giraffes are naturally topiarists, eating the acacias into hourglass profiles that fan up at the top, just above the “browse line” where the animals’ towering necks and outstretched tongues ...

An Arizona zoo opened late due to a 3-year-old giraffe escaping from her enclosure to make a meal out of a nearby tree.

Thank you. Very kind of you. Oh, no! They haven't left me anything to eat! Hmm. Now THEY look good! ANTELOPE: Go on, get out of the way! GIRAFFE: Hold on! You don't have to push and shove ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. The study also provides new knowledge that can help secure the food supply of endangered ...

According to zoo officials, Msituni, a 3-year-old giraffe new to the zoo, was outside of her habitat just before 9 a.m., ...

Reticulated giraffes (pictured) were one of three species studied by the researchers. By sequencing DNA from faecal samples, they were able to determine both the bacterial composition of the gut ...