New photos show a young giraffe with an extremely deformed neck in Kruger National Park. The animal may have survived a broken neck or could have a severe case of an illness that also affects humans.

On a sunny day in March 2020, researchers in South Africa discovered the bodies of two giraffes. From what they could tell, the giraffes had died a few days earlier. But the cause was a mystery. One ...

Zoo Miami shared that it is searching "for any indication of what may have led to this very sad incident." Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A giraffe at Zoo Miami has died of a broken neck, a zoo spokesman said Monday. The female giraffe, born Dec. 15, was found dead Saturday morning by zoo staff, zoo spokesman ...

A Penn State researcher has been trying to get to the bottom of the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks. Ed Reschke Getty Images Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights ...

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