The African continent contains a plethora of creatures great and small, but none stick out quite like giraffes. They tower above the competition. They also look practically alien compared to the more ...

An average wild giraffe has a home range of about 140 square miles—nearly equivalent to the surface area of Philadelphia. So how do scientists track and study them? Michael Brown, conservation science ...

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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 ...