"In response to declining giraffe populations caused by poaching, habitat loss, and climate change, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federal protections for several giraffe species ...

Wildlife officials cited poaching, habitat loss and climate change behind the declining populations of some giraffe species.

The number of giraffes has decreased by nearly 30% since the 1980s, per the Giraffe Conservation Foundation Giraffes need new ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposed that three populations of the world’s tallest land animal be classified as endangered, a move ...

Advocacy groups petitioned for federal protections in 2017, after the scientific authority on the status of species, the ...

In both cases, the FWS has called its proposal a response to declining giraffe populations. Since 1985, the total number of the three northern giraffe subspecies has declined by 77 percent, from ...

Keeping his camera steady in the moving vehicle, Jose tracked the giraffe as it disappeared behind the giant pillars of Kenya's new Standard Gauge Railway. The grey concrete blocks dwarf nature's ...

The giraffe has a rare genetic condition called ... a vulnerable species on The International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List, with an estimated population of 68,293 globally.