By sequencing DNA from faecal samples, they were able to determine both the bacterial composition of the gut and which plants wild giraffes had eaten. The gut bacteria of giraffes are not ...

Denver Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby giraffe on Friday, March 7.BB, a four-year-old reticulated giraffe at Denver Zoo, ...

He explained that giraffes are very valuable as, like so many other wild animals in Africa, they are threatened. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists giraffes as ...

By sequencing plant and bacterial DNA from faecal samples, they were able to investigate both the bacterial composition of the gut and which plants wild giraffes had eaten. Species-specific gut ...

Well, usually. In 2023, two newborns defied our expectations: born in a Tennessee zoo and in the wild in Namibia, these giraffes possess the typical long necks, gangly legs, big, dark eyes—and ...

By sequencing plant and bacterial DNA from fecal samples, they were able to investigate both the bacterial composition of the gut and which plants wild giraffes had eaten. Species-specific gut flora ...

“The farm has rocky outcrops and uneven surfaces, so it’s possible the giraffe’s leg got caught between rocks or stepped into a warthog hole, leading to the fracture,” he explains. Rescuing a wild ...