This giant is purpose-built for its size and surroundings. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire ...

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 ...

In Kruger National Park, a giraffe has been spotted that may be infected with a type of papillomavirus. Photographed by wildlife photographer Marius Nortje, the images reveal that the animal is ...