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Luxury hunting firm linked to decades of poaching in Tanzania, whistleblowers say

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2024
The team at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation attempts to put a tag on a reticulated giraffe in Namibia.

Where are the giraffes hiding? Predictive tracking tech points the way

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Aug 2023

Kordofan giraffes face local extinction in 15 years if poaching continues

Liz Kimbrough 16 Aug 2023
A rendition of D. xiezhi head-to-head butting. Image courtesy of Xiao Cong Guo and Yu Wang.

‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study

Malavika Vyawahare 6 Jun 2022

Does trophy hunting hurt giraffe populations? A planned lawsuit says it does

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Oct 2020

Protecting African wildlife: A defense of conservation territories (commentary)

Leif Brottem 27 Aug 2020

Poachers kill two rare white giraffes

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2020

Can camera traps diagnose the severity of a mystery giraffe skin disease?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Oct 2019

New maps show where giraffes live — mostly outside protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Oct 2019

Giraffe trade to be monitored, strictly regulated

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

No more elephants? Poaching crisis takes its toll in the Central African Republic

Alexandra Popescu 24 Jan 2018

Lions deal blow to giraffe numbers by targeting young, study finds

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2018

‘Snow white’ giraffes caught on video for the first time

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2017
Giraffes roam in Garamba National Park in DRC. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

DRC’s Garamba National Park: The last giraffes of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 9 May 2017

Giraffes are endangered, groups argue, file petition with U.S.

Fred Bercovitch 19 Apr 2017

Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’: IUCN

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Dec 2016

There are four species of giraffes, not one: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Sep 2016

‘Exploitation crisis’: Civil war fueling ‘sharp rise’ in poaching and trafficking of South Sudan’s wildlife

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Mar 2016

A new plan to pull the “forest giraffe” back from the brink of extinction

Mike Gaworecki 23 Feb 2016

Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Feb 2016
Giraffes at sunset. Photo by Francois Deacon.

Disappearing giraffes

Fred Bercovitch 13 Sep 2015

On the fence about wildlife fencing: new paper outlines research needed to resolve debate

Neelam Pereira 23 Jun 2015

Happy World Giraffe Day (Photos)

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2015

The neglected giraffe: world’s tallest animal in need of conservation assistance

Jeremy Hance 27 Jun 2013

Cute animal picture of the day: baby giraffe

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: endangered baby giraffe

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2012

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