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Mountain Reedbuck Facts: The Rocky Highland Antelope of East Africa's Escarpments The mountain reedbuck occupies a completely different ecological space from the bohor reedbuck of East Africa's lowland floodplains. The…

Spotted Hyena Female Dominance: Why Female Hyenas Rule the Clan In every spotted hyena clan, every adult female outranks every adult male. The lowest-ranking adult female dominates the highest-ranking adult…

Leopard Nocturnal Hunting: How Africa's Most Skilled Cat Hunts After Dark The leopard is the most accomplished nocturnal predator in East Africa. Lions hunt predominantly by sight and rely on…

Cheetah Mother and Cubs: Raising the Most Vulnerable Cubs in Africa A cheetah mother raising cubs faces a combination of problems no other African predator deals with simultaneously. She hunts…

African Wild Dog Den Facts: The Underground Hub of Pack Social Life When an African wild dog pack settles at a den site, the most extraordinary sustained wildlife observation in…

Impala Rutting Africa: The November Rut and Its Extraordinary Acoustic Display In November in the Maasai Mara and Serengeti, the impalas go loud. A rutting impala male produces a deep,…

Hippo Calving Africa: Birth, First Hours and the Mother-Calf Bond A hippopotamus is born in water. The mother separates from the pod a day or two before birth, moving to…

Elephant Swimming Africa: How Africa's Largest Land Animal Crosses Rivers An adult bull elephant weighing 6,000 kilograms should not float. Common intuition says an animal of that mass would sink…

Lion Roaring Africa: The Function and Power of the Most Iconic Sound in Wildlife You hear it before you understand what it is. A deep vibration reaches the chest before…

Wildebeest Calving Facts: Tanzania's January Spectacle and the Synchronised Birth Strategy In January and February, approximately 500,000 wildebeest calves arrive on Tanzania's southern Serengeti plains and the adjacent Ndutu area…