Tallest giraffe ever recorded was George, a huge Masai male who lived in Chester Zoo in Kenya, who died in 1969. He was 20 ft tall (19ft tall with 1 ft long horns). World’s biggest living giraffe is ...

An international operation tackling the illegal trafficking of wild animals and plants has just reported record-breaking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

A group of boaters got the chance to the world’s largest animal in a “rare” California experience. Getty Images/iStockphoto Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal ...

Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to see the biggest animal on Earth and the group is calling it a “once in a lifetime” moment. On June 16, the group set out on the “misty (P)acific ...