Cardboard strips and pins hold the skin in place while it dries on a giraffe-shaped styrofoam form. Giraffe numbers have dropped by 40 percent in 30 years, to about 110,000 in the wild.

Mathematicians have described 1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in the iconic spiral shell of the nautilus to the way in which seeds ...

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The Fort Worth Zoo has announced the birth of its second baby giraffe this summer. Finnigan was born on Aug. 18, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 158 pounds. Zoo officials say Finnigan ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Zoo's baby giraffe was named "Nyasi" after a public vote earlier this month. Over the course of two weeks, nearly 4,000 votes were cast from people ...

The world's only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to keep poachers at bay in north-east Kenya, conservationists say. A conservation group said rangers could monitor ...

Hard as it may be to imagine, there’s a newly defined geometric shape on the books. Based on recent calculations, mathematicians have described a new classification they now call a “soft cell.” ...

Abilene Zoo's baby giraffe, Zahara, died on October 2 after a severe leg fracture, the cause is unknown. Zahara, born in July, was a beloved member of the zoo, known for her playful personality.

Mathematicians have long wondered how “shapes of constant width” behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple construction has given them an answer. In 1986, after the space shuttle Challenger ...

Matthieu Blazy created animal-shaped beanbags for Bottega Veneta Featured in the menagerie of creature-informed chairs are 15 different species of mammals, reptiles, birds and insects including ...

Agatha, is finding favor with modern pastry chefs. Sarah Hardy of the London cake studio Hebe Konditori’s breast-shaped pastries are partly inspired by minne di Sant’Agata, a traditional ...