which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty. “Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...

They are six feet tall at birth and can grow between 14 and 19 ... Around a third of their height is from their neck, which can reach six feet long. Why Did Giraffes Evolve Such Long Necks?

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

Or perhaps the giraffe’s long neck is simply to give an otherwise fairly ... Niger’s northeast Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve to help grow a new population of the subspecies, which has about ...

To make this game more interesting, every time you get a question right, your giraffe's neck will grow a little bit longer.

A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height. This allows the animal to reach the leaves of tall trees. But an elongated neck is also integral to the courtship ...

Capable of growing as tall as 19 feet ... Some scientists say evolution helped inch the neck (and tongue) of giraffes to extraordinary lengths to allow them to eat leaves, flowers and fruits ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.