SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A giraffe gave birth to her first calf at Utah's Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, with zoo officials saying he appears curious and healthy. Minka, an 8-year-old giraffe, gave birth ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 5-year-old giraffe from the Denver Zoo will temporarily move south to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs to support conservation efforts, zoo ...

A “magnificent” giraffe died in a freak accident on New Year’s Day when he got his head stuck in a door while roving around his habitat at the Toronto Zoo. Staff at the popular attraction called the ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Greenville Zoo announced that Kiko, the first giraffe born at the zoo, has died due to a freak accident at the Toronto Zoo. On January 1, officials said Kiko was given ...

The newborn giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo has received her name with help from the public. After a seven-day, online naming contest with over 11,000 votes, community members decided the Masai giraffe ...

THE ZOO’S REPORTING SOME SAD NEWS TONIGHT. THEY LOST A MEMBER OF THEIR GIRAFFE HERD. ZOLA WAS EUTHANIZED YESTERDAY AFTER SOME GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE ZOO SAYS ...

The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, now officially recognizes four distinct giraffe species, it announced on Aug. 21. Until recently, giraffes across Africa were classified as a ...

A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. A Masai giraffe, native to East Africa, is one of four ...

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Windhoek, Namibia, 21 August 2025 (IUCN) – A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal ...

Wonkito is a wild giraffe who lives in Kenya, the cause of his crooked neck is still unknown Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

In 2023, a rare spotless giraffe named Kipekee was born in a Tennessee zoo. She still lives there as of this writing. What's False While Kipekee may have been the only known spotless giraffe at the ...