I confess I've never seen the giraffe constellation. I know the general area and have hunted galaxies and star clusters there but have yet to take the time to connect its faint stars into the ...

For more than 250 years, there has been one universally accepted species of giraffe: Giraffa camelopardalis. But according to a study of the spotted giant’s DNA published today, September 8, in the ...

A South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park, Botswana. The world’s tallest land animal, giraffes inhabit sub-Saharan Africa. Giraffes are listed as Least Concern by ...

The far-northern constellation Camelopardalis the Giraffe rarely garners significant attention from sky observers. But this faint grouping of naked-eye stars does hold a number of unusual treats, and ...

Back in the March issue, we visited the eastern portion of one of the sky’s most challenging constellations, Camelopardalis the Giraffe. I promised then that we would return later in the year to call ...