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 ...

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 ...

Enzi, an 11-month-old Masai giraffe, is joining the zoo's two other Masai giraffes, Cora and Providence, both females, in the hopes of helping to rebuild the Masai giraffe population, which is ...

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 ...

Background Several studies have revealed that the Masai, pastoralists in Tanzania, have low rates of coronary heart disease despite a diet high in saturated fat. It has also been suggested that they ...