Tallest giraffe ever recorded was George, a huge Masai male who lived in Chester Zoo in Kenya, who died in 1969. He was 20 ft tall (19ft tall with 1 ft long horns). World’s biggest living giraffe is ...

The largest squid species in the world is the colossal squid. Read about where it is found, what it eats, and how big it can ...

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After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.