Some features of a giraffe's spot pattern are passed on from mother to baby, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State. The study also reveals that survival of young giraffes is ...

Why do giraffes have spots? And what governs their shape and pattern—are they inherited? Perhaps surprisingly, these are riddles that scientists haven’t yet solved. This lack of certainty led ...

Photographed on a private game reserve in central Namibia, this young Angolan giraffe is the first spotless giraffe recorded in the wild in Africa A so-far unique wild spotless giraffe has been ...

LIMESTONE, Tennessee (AP) — A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she’s definitely not ordinary. The female reticulated giraffe was born July 31 at the family-owned Brights Zoo ...

Giraffes, with their distinctive body shape and variations in coat patterns, have long been an example in evolutionary biology teachings. They are a textbook example of how species adapt to their ...