Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baby giraffe died at a zoo in North Dakota after its head got stuck in the cover of its hay feeder. Roosevelt Park Zoo, in an ...

Giraffes have noticeable projections on their heads, but they are not horns; they are called ossicones. Ossicones are permanent bony outgrowths covered with skin. Scientists hypothesize that they are ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Ossicones are columnar or conical ...

A CRAZY stunt has backfired after wildlife officials mounted a rescue operation believing a giraffe was trapped in a sinkhole. South Africa‘s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, faced ...