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

"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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In recent weeks Mbonisi, the first calf to adult giraffe Ruby, developed a second infection and his condition deteriorated.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed several subspecies of giraffe as critically endangered in 2018. The ...

Conservationists hope stricter regulations will curb the import of giraffe skins and bones to the United States.

Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. at the indoor giraffe barn. Giraffes are listed as vulnerable on the International Union Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, meaning they face a ...