PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sox, a beloved 17-year-old Masai giraffe at the Pittsburgh Zoo, has died. The zoo announced on Sunday that Sox had been humanely euthanized on Friday.

A similar situation claimed the life of Ozzie, a beloved giraffe at Lion Habitat Ranch in Las Vegas, NV, last August. Masai giraffes, native to central and southern Kenya and Tanzania, are the ...

Kenya is a premier destination for wildlife enthusiasts, offering sights of diverse creatures like giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, zebras, Nile crocodi ...

Sox's death will have no impact on the zoo's plans to build an $8 million giraffe barn as part of the first phase of a 20-year master plan.

“Science is science and facts are facts. I hope that any debate ... in which this ossicone is very high and pointy. The Masai giraffe and reticulated giraffe occupy intermediate positions.” ...

Conservation efforts need to urgently target all four giraffe species – in particular those with precariously low numbers – before it is too late. Science is science and facts are facts.

The giraffe is one of the world's most iconic and unique mammals and has captivated the human imagination through the ages.Surprisingly, scientists discovered there are ...

LS Giraffe grazing in Nairobi National Park at dusk Long shot of a masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii aka Kilimanjaro giraffe) grazing through its natural habitat in search of plants ...