The last stand for the northern white rhino
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In Kenya, the last known male, at 42 years old, has been unable to breed, all but guaranteeing the subspecies’s extinction.
Mohammed Doyo, the head caretaker, caresses Sudan at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private wildlife refuge in Kenya. Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, is guarded 24 hours a day. Nichole Sobecki/for The Washington Post
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A northern white rhino lives under armed guard in Kenya as his species quickly heads toward extinction.
This year, scientists have recorded and observed galactic interactions, atmospheric phenomena and the first images of a black hole.