Oh, no! They haven't left me anything to eat ... GRANDDAD: And she was right. With her longer neck, the giraffe could reach the juicy leaves on the high branches. She didn't get as hungry as ...

“Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells Reuters. Another explanation that hasn’t gained as much ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...