Explore giraffes’ unique sleep patterns—standing rest, rapid REM, and how vigilance keeps them safe from predators.

Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around ...

The Roosevelt Park Zoo in North Dakota is celebrating the birth of a baby giraffe. The male calf, who has not yet been named, ...

Some of the first wintry weather of the season is on the way for much of the U.S. in the coming days, including potentially record low ...

The results are now in — the state’s fifth graders have elected Charlie Couch from Meadows Elementary School in Ralston. Instead of practicing, hockey players with the Omaha Lancers were teaching ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is mourning the loss of a giraffe Wednesday morning. The zoo posted to social media in memory of Zola the giraffe Wednesday. According to the ...

THE ZOO’S REPORTING SOME SAD NEWS TONIGHT. THEY LOST A MEMBER OF THEIR GIRAFFE HERD. ZOLA WAS EUTHANIZED YESTERDAY AFTER SOME GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THE ZOO SAYS ...

After being found guilty of contempt of court in September for failing to disclose the location of two giraffe calves born at Natural Bridge Zoo earlier this year, Gretchen Mogensen, one of the owners ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The Hattiesburg Zoo provided a health update on Sue Ellen, its beloved giraffe who has been experiencing age-related health problems due to osteoarthritis. While there is ...

MINOT, ND (KXNET) – Roosevelt Park Zoo has welcomed a new addition to its giraffe family—a newborn calf that arrived late Sunday night, November 2, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. The baby giraffe tipped the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City is mourning the loss of Juani, a 16-year-old male giraffe. Juani suffered from a hoof problem that persisted despite veterinary care. The ...

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto skyline, with its distinctive CN Tower, has been an urban backdrop for residents as autumn settles in. What might have been a gradual, golden transformation became a sudden ...