A circulatory system that beats gravity. Spots that dissipate heat. This giant is purpose-built for its size and surroundings. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic ...

A decades-old belief about cancer in the animal kingdom has been overturned after a new study found that larger species […] ...

The biggest baby in the animal kingdom. When they nurse ... Close behind elephants are giraffes. They drop a 75 kg calf on average. Literally. Mom gives birth standing up, so the baby falls ...

There’s a small brown-gold tree atop a merchandise display. The post New Gingerbread Flamingo Joins Giraffe and Zebra at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge appeared first on WDW News Today.

Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a ...

Johari was brought to Animal Adventure Park in 2019. Johari was the companion of Tajiri, son of the famous giraffe April. Four giraffes currently reside at the facility. Animal Adventure Park ...

But instead of sprawling out flat or resting on their rumps as some might claim, giraffes tuck their legs under their bodies ...

“In Swahili, Johari means “jewel,” which is an appropriate name for a giraffe who was truly a gem of the Animal Adventure ...