Heartbreaking new photos reveal a 'bumpy' giraffe covered with hundreds of skin lesions due to a rare viral disease. The unfortunate creature was spotted in Kruger National Park, South Africa by ...

Heartbreaking new photos reveal a 'bumpy' giraffe covered with hundreds of skin lesions due to a rare viral disease. The unfortunate creature was spotted in Kruger National Park, South Africa by ...

In giraffes, papillomaviruses cause scaly lesions on the skin that spread over time, sometimes merging into larger masses. "New lesions begin as a thickened plaque on the skin," Campling said.

Giraffes are further threatened by the proliferation of diseases like giraffe skin disease, as well as inbreeding depression in isolated populations, collisions with automobiles and airplanes, and the ...

Between 2006 and 2015, the United States imported 21,402 giraffe-bone carvings, 3,008 giraffe-skin pieces and 3,744 giraffe hunting trophies. These majestic creatures were once found widely across ...

Giraffe skin and hair is used to make clothing and accessories. Giraffe numbers have fallen by 40% since the 1980s but there has been little conservation work done in comparison to the efforts put ...