Wildebeest feast: Mass drownings fuel the Mara River ecosystem
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 14:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Millbrook, NY) Each year, more than a million wildebeest migrate through Africa's Serengeti Mara Ecosystem. While crossing the Kenyan reach of the Mara River, thousands perish. A new study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to reveal how wildebeest drownings impact the ecology of the iconic river.