Two Species of Wildebeest Live in Africa. There are two species of wildebeest in Africa, the common wildebeest and the black wildebeest. Black wildebeests can be spotted by their cream-colored tails.

Wildebeests usually stick together in herds to protect themselves from predators, but in this case, a lone wildebeest bull boldly stood its ground to protect a distressed mother waterbuck and her ...

Migration isn’t just about moving from one place to another; for many species, it’s a fight for survival against some of ...

I thought about the lone wildebeest striking out on its own and couldn’t help but wonder: How has this improbable species survived? Are wildebeests stupid? ‘No animals are stupid. Some are sma ...

With the introduction of a cattle vaccination programme against rinderpest in the 1950s, however, wildebeest populations began to steadily recover, reaching a peak of 1.5 million in the late 1970s.

From July to October, the great wildebeest migration peaks as millions of these majestic creatures face the perilous Mara River, where Nile crocodiles pose a lethal threat. Many do not survive this ...

The common wildebeest/gnu is by far the most abundant and widespread species (see map). Wildebeest are grass-eating ungulates (or hoofed mammals) in the Bovidae family, which also includes true ...

We found that some species of ungulates tended to run when hearing an elephant or leopard sound, but not the control sound, including impala and blue wildebeest," Fletcher said. "We also ...

The great wildebeest migration is underway and more ... A similarly bleak report on endangered species and mass migrations from the American Museum of Natural History last month has even stirred ...

Wildebeests usually stick together in herds to protect themselves from predators, but in this case, a lone wildebeest bull boldly stood its ground to protect a distressed mother waterbuck and her ...