Giraffe skulls are important to the animals' reproduction and evolution. That's because of their ossicones, the horn-like structures that are longer and wider in males than in females. The size ...

Kenyan wildlife experts approach a reticulated giraffe that has been tranquilized in the Loisaba Wildlife Conservancy. They’ll attach a GPS unit to one of its ossicones—the bony knobs on its ...

These horn-like “ossicones” start off as soft cartilage and turn to bone over the course of a giraffe’s life, so adult skulls have what look like two antlers. The giraffe’s tufty ...

Giraffe skulls are important to the animals’ reproduction and evolution. That’s because of their ossicones, the horn-like structures that are longer and wider in males than in females.

Giraffe skulls are important to the animals' reproduction and evolution. That's because of their ossicones, the horn-like structures that are longer and wider in males than in females. The size ...