We’ve all had those phases where we’re obsessed with an animal, right? Maybe you bought a few too many owl pillows or cat mugs. But Sydney Smith took her love for giraffes to a whole new level. For ...

Douglas R. Cavener receives funding from Penn State University. Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual you need food. To survive as a species you need ...

What's with the long neck? While a common hypothesis has been that competition among male giraffes affected the length of their necks in evolution, a new publication has suggested otherwise. This work ...

Although male and female giraffes have the same body proportions at birth, they are significantly different as they reach sexual maturity. Females have proportionally longer necks and longer bodies ...