Gray recalls being “blown away” on her first visit to the Monterey aquarium on summer break during her graduate school years in Berkeley. After that 1989 introduction, she grew to appreciate how the ...

Anthony Chen's 'We Are All Strangers' follows a father and son simultaneously navigating new marriages, and gets knottier from there.

I had no idea if this was just the usual; I was a safari newbie. For years, this had been at the very top of my bucket list ...

My kids—eight-year-old Leo and 11-year-old Stella—jockeyed for position by the fence so they could pat the elephants as they ...

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 ...

The Toronto Zoo is mourning the loss of Kiko, a 13-year-old male Masai giraffe that died following what the zoo describes as a tragic accident. In a statement Friday, the zoo 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 Phoenix Zoo welcomed a new female Masai giraffe calf on Nov. 16. Born at roughly 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, the calf is currently bonding with her mother, Sunshine. The public will be invited to ...

Royal Oak — Detroit Zoo visitors will soon see a small, new four-legged friend as part of the zoo's giraffe family. The zoo announced this week that a baby giraffe was born Sunday morning. The female ...

The Detroit Zoo's giraffe population just increased by one. Zoo officials, in a post to Facebook, announced that a new baby giraffe was born Sunday, Nov. 23, at about 2:30 a.m. "This adorable little ...

Giraffes must maintain high blood pressure compared to humans to help them lift and lower their heads without creating irregular blood flows to the brain. ©SANDARU ...

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 ...