The baby giraffe's parents, Mara and George, mated through the Species Survival Plan (SSP), which ensures the responsible breeding of endangered species Walt Disney World Resort has welcomed a new ...

Lee is the primary trainer for the zoo’s resident okapi, an eight-year-old male named Mosi. While training such a rare animal ...

After her rescue, Awala reunited with three other giraffes saved from the same island Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

The most unusual pets ever owned will have you taking a trip down memory lane. Remember Bubbles the Monkey, Audrey Hepburn’s Pippin the Fawn and Salvador Dali’s anteater who he took for a walk on the ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (CBS) -- Los Angeles got its first glimpse of the newest resident at the L.A. Zoo. A female giraffe, named Sofie, was born on April 22 and made its public debut on Friday (May 3). The ...

So you want a pet, but you live in an apartment. That’s why you’ve ruled out getting a pet giraffe. All right, that was never in the cards since there are laws about exotic pets, but certainly some ...

But as she attempted to feed the animals while holding a toddler in her arms, a zoo worker stepped in and placed their arm ...

One giraffe in New York has turned into a viral sensation after a live stream of her pregnancy has attracted millions of viewers. April, a giraffe at Animal Adventure Park in New York, is pregnant ...

Azizi, the giraffe calf whose birth was watched on a YouTube livestream by hundreds of thousands of people in 2019, died of an "unexpected and unpreventable" condition at the East Texas Zoo and Gator ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new ...

Pictured is Jim Vincent and some of his grandchildren that inspired the story, “The Awesome Pet Giraffe”. Submitted photo Jim Vincent has written three books in the past with a focus on stories with ...

The giraffe has been named "Moyo" in honor of two distinctive heart-shaped spots on his neck. The name, which means "heart" in Swahili, was chosen by the community with 6,708 votes on the Zoo's ...