By Dann Okoth NAIROBI ― An environmental disaster is unfolding in Isiolo county, in northeastern Kenya, following a recent wildfire outbreak that devastated large swaths of the region, according to ...

A wildfire in northeastern Kenya has likely killed thousands of plants and animals in an area home to critically endangered white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) as well as other rare species.

In addition, their weight can reach as much as 3.6 tonnes. Native to Africa, white rhinos are split into two subspecies—the more abundant but still near-threatened southern white rhinoceros ...