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 ...

Massive migrations of wildebeests have fallen in recent years, casualties of human-built fences, roads and cities. Now, analysis of the magnificent animals’ genomes reveals that those barriers are ...

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 ...

East Africa’s “Great Migration” is generally estimated to involve as many as 1.3 million wildebeest. But in reality, fewer than 600,000 of the animals might move across the Serengeti Mara landscape ...

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 ...

Almost half a million wildebeest are born within a few weeks in the Serengeti ...

Each spring, millions of wildebeest begin a 500-mile journey driven by rain, grass, and survival. Wildebeests gather to graze and calve on the short-grass plains. Millions of wildebeest participate in ...

Having narrowly escaped extinction in the 19th century, the black wildebeest now faces a different threat: being genetically ...

Whether by way of Attenborough, Disney or National Geographic, the iconic scene is familiar to many. The ground trembles and clouds of dust swirl as enormous hordes of large animals thunder across the ...

Tanzania’s Serengeti ecosystem is like a time machine. As one of the world’s last remaining fully intact grazing ecosystems it provides a glimpse of what others in Australia, Eurasia and the Americas ...

New research shows Mara-Loita white-bearded wildebeest populations have lost roughly 90% of their historic migratory footprint since 2020 due to the construction of fencing and other man-made barriers ...