The Lansing State Journal wants to know what your favorite quirky Lansing area landmark is. Hint: Wynken, Blynken and Nod ...

The Hills Named After Shiva The Siwalik Hills stretch in a long arc from Pakistan through northern India and into Nepal, ...

The Hadza transform the liquid extracted from a desert rose tree into a hunting poison powerful enough to bring down large animals. The liquid is boiled for around an hour until it becomes a thick ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

In the Late Permian Period, increasingly mammal-like traits were gradually emerging in our ancient relatives. The first saber-teeth and tusks evolved, and our ancestors, the cynodonts, appeared. And ...

The deaths of two giraffes at the Detroit Zoo this year appear to be tragic accidents − the type that take place in the wild, too, an expert has said. Nguvu and Okidi, young and new additions to the ...

This story was updated with new information. A young giraffe at the Detroit Zoo has died, marking the second time in 2026 the zoo has announced the death of a giraffe. Nguvu, a young male giraffe, was ...

The giraffes had been connected to an embattled zoo in Virginia Attorney General of Virginia Two giraffe calves missing since 2025 were found safely The animals were connected to a zoo in Virginia ...

Researchers showed each giraffe the contents of several containers, which held varying numbers of carrots, then added extra pieces to one of them. Afterward, the animal would choose a container to get ...

Researchers found that some animals could “count” carrots in a test—and may have better numerical skills than dogs or horses. Scientists say the numerical skills displayed by zoo giraffes may help ...

Gracie the giraffe, who became a media star when she wandered away from a Hill Country ranch, is now safely back home — but she's in time-out until the ranch finishes a new fence to make sure she ...

A fugitive 3-year-old giraffe was found via helicopter on Friday after two weeks on the run from her home at a private ranch in Texas. The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her ...