Masai Russell is taking home a Paris gold in her Olympics debut. In what was an intensely tight women’s 100-meter hurdles, the 24-year-old Potomac, Maryland native edged out her competition by ...

"Fifty years from now, will there be Masai giraffes? I don't know. I think it's a 50/50 proposition," Douglas Cavener, who has published a new study on the risks facing the species, told Live Science.

An endangered female giraffe in a Virginia zoo surprised unsuspecting visitors by giving birth in front of them earlier this month. Zookeepers knew that Imara, a Masai giraffe, was pregnant, but ...

A new baby Masai giraffe has been born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the first since 2021. Mara, the Masai giraffe, recently gave birth to a calf named Tucker. Over the coming weeks, guests will b ...

The Sacramento Zoo announced the birth of a Masai giraffe calf Monday. Amirah, who joined the zoo family in 2020, gave birth on Saturday. Sacramento Zoological Society The Sacramento Zoo welcomed ...

in which the United States' Masai Russell narrowly won: First-, second and third-place finishers win gold, silver and bronze, respectively.

Adult female Masai giraffes can be around 16 feet tall and weigh up to 2,700 pounds, a press release from the zoo said. The calf was checked by veterinarian and animal care staff, and both she and ...

Olympic gold medalist Masai Russell shows no signs of slowing down. After winning gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a time of 12.33 seconds, Russell bested herself and ...