Time was running out for Asiwa, a Rothschild’s giraffe in western Kenya. For years, she and seven other giraffes had been living on a peninsula that reached out into Lake Baringo. But rising ...

Francis and J.J. While checking out the exhibit, the best way to tell the two apart is to look at who is taller and a little rounder.

On the shores of Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley, an unusual common denominator has helped bring peace to two warring communities­ after generations of fighting: the love of giraffes.

You may know them as the family of giraffes at Reid Park Zoo. Ranney is the lead hoofstock zookeeper and for the last four years, she has helped care for the zoo’s herd of giraffes including ...