Ossicones are the tall, bony bumps on giraffes' heads. Adult giraffes use them when 'necking' competitors for dominance, and some even have a second pair of ossicones at the base of their neck.

SALT LAKE CITY — A new member of Salt Lake City's Hogle Zoo family was welcomed this week with the birth of a giraffe calf. The healthy baby boy was born through natural birth early Monday at 1:38 a.m ...

Just weeks after a giraffe at a U.S. zoo was born missing its characteristic spots, another spotless giraffe calf has now been seen and photographed in the wild for the first time. The unprecedented ...

(RTTNews) - Saab AB (SAABF, SAABY, SAAB-B.ST), on Tuesday announced that it has signed a framework agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for the Giraffe 1X compact radar system ...

Dec. 9 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe calf to a first-time mother who was also born at the zoo years earlier. The zoo announced Masai giraffe Mawe gave birth to her first ...

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 ...

The giraffe calf born at the San Diego Zoo on Nov. 30. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) Endangered Masai giraffe Mawe has stepped into motherhood for the first time welcoming ...

A rare spotless giraffe died under mysterious circumstances just two years after her birth at a Tennessee zoo sparked international attention and made her a must-see attraction. Kipekee, the ...

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A new giraffe born this summer at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo has made his debut at the zoo alongside his mother and an auction is being held for the chance to name him. The male Masai giraffe was born ...

A 16-year-old female giraffe in England has a new lease on life after learning how to use an inhaler treatment. Screengrab from BIAZA’s Facebook post Towering above the rest of the animal kingdom, ...