Despite their extraordinary height, giraffes have the exact same number of neck bones—cervical vertebrae—as humans do. It’s a fact so counterintuitive that it might make you question ...

By analyzing the arrangement of vertebrae in the spines of nearly 400 species of tetrapods—a group of animals with four limbs ...

An analysis of skull and vertebrae fossils suggests that an early relative of giraffes butted heads to compete for mates, which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty. “Discokeryx has extreme ...

A skeleton of a Steller's sea eagle, of northeastern Asia, one of more than 388 tetrapods that Kyogo Kawaguchi's team ...

Despite its elongated form, the neck of a giraffe is made up of just seven large bones known as cervical vertebrae. By comparison, the body of the common house mouse (Mus musculus) is only around 10 ...

Your neck has the same number of bones as a giraffe’s. In fact, nearly all mammals have seven neck vertebrae. In contrast, birds have anywhere between 9 and 25. Of the five spine regions, the neck is ...

Baby giraffes, called calves, are born after a long and arduous 15-month gestation. This video by @youronlysourceofseratonin shows a newborn calf struggling to keep its eyes open and it’s neck ...