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 ...

The map and associated tracking data revealed insights into how land use changes are impacting the seasonal migration of the Mara wildebeest population. Migration, when animals travel to and from ...

Scientists used tracking data to compare the Mara-Loita white-bearded wildebeest's historic and recent migration footprints against fencing built in Narok County pre- and post-2021. The data show a ...

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 ...

It's the largest migration of big beasts on Earth. As the spring drought begins to set in, millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle prepare for a 500-mile round trip of nearly nonstop travel, ...

The Mara wildebeest migration is the newest map published in the Atlas. Dr Jared Stabach, terrestrial science lead with the Smithsonian’s Movement of Life Initiative, has studied the population since ...