The route is perilous, and many animals die before the herds complete it.

For generations, the movement of animals across Africa on seasonal migrations has been one of the best-known natural phenomena. Each year, thousands of animals move across the landscape, following the ...

Court cases over new lodges have raised questions about protecting one of Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacles.

Just north of the great Serengeti wildebeest migration, a smaller migration across the Mara ecosystem is collapsing. New maps published in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration reveal the dramatic impact of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breathtaking footage captured by Johnson Paul, a wildlife photographer and safari guide, showcases hundreds of wildebeests surging ...

The Great Migration in the Masai Mara typically peaks between late July and early October, although exact timings vary each year depending on rainfall patterns.

An ecologist in the world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve has said he is puzzled by the early migration of wildebeests. The wildebeest migration spectacle normally begins in mid-June and continues to ...

The sound of 8,000 hooves is electrifying. Funnelling down a sheer, dusty drop on the riverbank, the herd roars into the water, tearing at the soil and rupturing trees from their very roots. Locked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New fences across ancient routes have blocked wildebeest herds from their annual migration to reach fresh grazing land. Wildebeest ...