Summary: Perhaps because they are silent giants synonymous with zoos and Africa's landscape it is difficult to imagine a world without the iconic species known as giraffe. Their unique familiarity may help explain how the tallest land mammal suddenly slipped from "least concern" to "endangered" according to the IUCN. Researchers David O'Connor and Jenna Stacy-Dawes of San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research study giraffe conservation with the aid of local communities, technology and crowdsourcing.
