While you might think that big cats are the kings of the savannah, it turns out that hooved animals are just as scared of elephants as predators like leopards—but we don't know why. When researchers ...

More than one thousand of some of Kenya’s most endangered animals have died this year because of a devastating drought gripping the region. A report released Friday from Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism, ...

For generations, the movement of animals across Africa on seasonal migrations has been one of the best-known natural ...

Wildebeest migration has shrunk by 90% in Kenya’s Maasai Mara due to fences being built, reveals new research. The annual spectacle – a magnet for eco tourists – has seen a “dramatic” decline over the ...

The sun drops like a rock over the vast Serengeti Plain in northern Tanzania. After a long day of spotting elephants, giraffes, zebras — and even a leopard eating a wildebeest high up in an Acacia ...

Wildebeest migrations have become a rarer sight in Africa as humans continue to interrupt their historic migratory routes with roads, fences, cities, livestock and farmland. This has led to genetic ...

Joseph Ogutu is affiliated with the Greater Serengeti-Mara Conservation Society and the One Mara Research Hub. Wildebeest – large African antelopes with distinctively curved horns – are famous for ...

How Do Lions Hunt Wildebeest? Wildebeests and zebras are common prey for lions. Wildebeests can sprint up to 50 miles per hour, while zebras typically run at speeds around 40 miles per hour. A lion’s ...

T. Michael Anderson received funding from the National Geographic Society (grants WW-025R-17 and NGS-52921R-18) and the US National Science Foundation (grant BCS-1461728). Tanzania’s Serengeti ...