First, it helps to understand how cheetahs typically hunt. Cheetahs often live and hunt alone or with just one or two other individuals. On their own, they can take down medium-sized mammals, such as ...

In the 1960s, ecologist Tony Sinclair made a breakthrough discovery when he observed a huge population surge of wildebeest in the Serengeti. He found that the wildebeest were the key to keeping the ...

FARGO -- At first sight, Sylvia Peach Leiviska doesn't seem like someone who could take down a 600-pound blue wildebeest. But the 12-year-old Fargo girl, who's 4-foot-8 and 75 pounds, has quite a ...

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 ...

The Great Migration Remains Nature's Most Spectacular Moving Force 3 million wildebeest accompanied by about 200,000 zebras ...

A tour guide at South Africa’s Kruger National Park has captured a dramatic and remarkable scene in which hippos rescued a wildebeest from attacking crocodiles. The accompanying graphic footage, ...

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 ...