A Penn State researcher has been trying to get to the bottom of the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks. Ed Reschke Getty Images Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights ...

Giraffes are best known for their elegant necks, stretching high over the savannah like periscopes. We have some pretty good ideas about why evolution granted them these long necks: access to the ...

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania researchers may have answered the age-old question of “does size matter” – well at least for the reason on why giraffes have long necks. A “sex-for-necks” theory has long ...

The prevailing ideology behind giraffes’ long necks used to be summed up by three words: “necks for sex.” Now new evidence suggests it may be more along the lines of “necks for snacks” (or whatever, ...

Researchers from the African Institute of Science and Technology recently sequenced the genome of the giraffe for the first time in their efforts to uncover hints as to the evolutionary development of ...

But this extreme feature comes at a cost: namely the energy required for the heart to pump blood up to the head against gravity. As a result, giraffes have high blood pressure, more than twice that of ...

The tallest land animal, the lanky giraffe, is perhaps the first thing you think of when you picture the African savanna. With their long legs and necks, giraffes’ graceful silhouettes have featured ...

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