Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Record set in Florida: a 19-foot-long Burmese python is captured in Big Cypress, revealing new clues about the ecological ...

A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. A Masai giraffe, native to East Africa, is one of four ...

A 2-year-old was plucked several feet into the air by a giraffe at Fossil Rim Safari Center near Glen Rose, Texas. A family's close encounter with a giraffe at a Texas drive-thru safari park was ...

BALTIMORE -- The Maryland Zoo's newest giraffe, Kipepeo (or Kipi) will make her debut to the public on Friday, Jan. 17 after joining the herd in late November. The 3-year-old female reticulated ...

The zoo also shared a video that showed the baby giraffe was quick to his feet, standing within an hour and even testing out his new, albeit wobbly, legs after nursing. “Welcoming a new calf is always ...

A Texas family got a big surprise this week when a giraffe they were feeding at a wildlife park lost its footing and crashed into their car’s windshield. Kari Hill told FOX 4 that she, her two teenage ...

A zoo in Tennessee has welcomed what it is describing as the "world's rarest giraffe" after a female calf was born with no spots. Bright's Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, is now offering animal ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

World Giraffe Day is June 21, and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation released its 2025 State of Giraffe report ahead of the celebration. The report points to better data collection and conservation ...

Banham Zoo keepers spent three years getting 16-year-old Mahiri to use her inhaler confidently Banham Zoo/Facebook Banham Zoo's 16-year-old giraffe, Mahiri, is believed to be the first giraffe in the ...

ONLINE IN MAY AND SHOULD BE FUN. YEAH, WELL, BACK IN NOVEMBER, A NEW GIRAFFE JOINED THE MARYLAND ZOO. BUT WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN BALTIMORE, THE ZOO DIDN’T. SHE WASN’T ALONE. SHE WAS WITH CHILD WITH ...