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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While ecotourism has contributed both to wildlife conservation and community welfare in Kenya, over-tourism and the corporatization of ecotourism are now proving to be literal impediments in the ...