Giraffes exhibit a unique, fragmented sleep pattern, taking dozens of micro-naps lasting only one to three minutes each. This strategy, averaging just 8.6 minutes of true sleep per night, allows them ...

Sudden sneezing fits aren't always allergies; irritants like dust, smoke, or perfume can also be the culprit. Understanding the difference between allergic reactions and environmental triggers is key ...

Giraffes have always amazed scientists with their towering height. Their long necks were thought to reach trees for food. But new research suggests a different evolutionary purpose altogether. Long ...

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialized vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift ...

The Kansas City Zoo’s Masai giraffe herd welcomed a spotty new addition into its mix Nov. 4, and the zoo needs your help picking the baby boy’s name. First-time mom Chandy gave birth to a ...

A giraffe is pictured with a viaduct of the Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway in the background in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, on May 16, 2025. (Li Yahui / Xinhua via AFP) NAIVASHA, Kenya (AFP) ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium recently welcomes a new baby giraffe and needs help choosing is name. On Nov. 4, Chandy the giraffe gave birth to a male calf. At birth, he weighed ...

The male calf, who has not yet been named, was born to parents Kianga and Kioni at the Roosevelt Park Zoo in North Dakota on Nov. 2 Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium has shared the news of a new male giraffe calf and invited the public to help name him. Voters can choose between six names that the giraffe ...

Toddlers can be nearly impossible to wrangle when they’re having fun, and apparently, baby animals are no different! @keepersierra, a zookeeper at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas, plays babysitter ...

The world’s tallest mammals—and perhaps the most improbably proportioned animals on the planet—giraffes have always fascinated those lucky enough to see one. Archaeologist Loretta Kilroe of the ...

Daniel More, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, FACP, is a board-certified allergist and former clinical immunologist at Allergy Partners of the Central California Coast. Allergies occur when the body mistakes a ...