Debora Patta is a CBS News senior foreign correspondent based in Johannesburg. Since joining CBS News in 2013, she has reported on major stories across Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Edward R.

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Giraffes aren’t hard to spot, but the setting makes a difference. Across Africa, a few places stand out for how they connect you to these animals and the landscape they depend on. These parks and ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African animal orphanage says a baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after it was abandoned in the wild has died. The Rhino Orphanage in a Facebook post Friday said ...

Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the Nigerian Sahara and carved spectacularly intricate, larger-than-life renditions of giraffes into the exposed ...

(CBS) --An American hunter is pushing back against her critics, after photos of her next to a giraffe she killed in South Africa triggered outrage. Tess Thompson Talley told CBS News in a statement ...

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JOHANNESBURG >> A baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after it was abandoned in the wild has died, a South African animal orphanage said today. “Our team is heartbroken,” the orphanage said.