Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago, giraffes didn’t have long necks. They wanted to eat the ...

SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

giraffes could access food resources without competing with animals that feed closer to the ground. Pumping blood up a ...

THE mode of evolution in the giraffe has been a favourite ... that an animal might have its neck, or head, or tongue, or forelimbs elongated a very little without any corresponding modification ...

It was a very tall order — but an Oklahoma chiropractor gave a neck adjustment to a 16-foot male giraffe ... Some arterial dissections happen without the patient knowing, and the most severe ...

They are the tallest animals trotting on Earth, their long necks ... whether the giraffe constitutes just one species or several. Some scientists say evolution helped inch the neck (and tongue ...

It has also been suggested that the animals grew larger to enable them to flee from predators in grasslands but needed a long neck to drink water on the ground. Giraffes are known to have high ...