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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Africa’s annual Great Migration is hailed as one of the seven wonders of the world. During this extraordinary phenomenon, over a million wildebeests traverse the Masai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) to ...

New maps reveal the impact of land use on the white-bearded wildebeest migration in Kenya. After tracking the movements of these wildebeests, researchers are concerned that conservationists can't keep ...

Every year, over 2 million wildebeests embark on the Great Migration –a natural phenomenon that has come to be known as the 8th wonder of the world. This breathtaking spectacle sees massive wildebeest ...

Every 2.5 acres of Serengeti soil holds 4,400 pounds of carbon dioxide. The Great Calving in February is directly responsible for creating the Serengeti carbon sink. A rinderpest virus outbreak once ...

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 ...

Isla C. Duporge received funding support from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) while leading this research. The imagery used in the project was acquired via her fellowship with NAS. Daniel ...