(Sinclair estimates that wildebeest meat feeds about one million people.) But as the human population grows (at a hefty 4 percent annually in the towns along the Serengeti’s western border), the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The wildebeest face a more direct human threat too. Poachers kill some 20,000 of them each year, both to eat and to sell in bush meat markets. (Sinclair estimates that wildebeest meat feeds about one ...