Nature’s Plot Twist: African Buffalo Herd Forces Lions To Flee In Masai Mara

A dramatic wildlife encounter unfolded in Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya when a herd of powerful African buffalo turned the tables on a group of hunting lions.

Citing Conservation, Tanzania Pushes Ahead on Evictions of Indigenous Maasai

Five years ago, Tanzanian authorities set out to push the Indigenous Maasai off their ancestral lands in the famed Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Despite global outcry over the forced removals, this ...
Christian Science Monitor

Maasai women are told to stay home. These rangers fight poachers instead.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Mongabay

In Kenya, Maasai private landowners come together to protect wildlife corridors

The Nashulai Maasai Conservancy in Kenya is entirely owned and managed by Maasai people and covers 2,400 hectares of land to protect biodiversity and secure land rights. Maasai herders lease their ...
CounterPunch

Reviving the Serengeti: How Maasai Women’s Dairy Initiatives Protect Wildlife and Communities

The Serengeti—whose name means “endless plains” in the Maasai language—is one of the most renowned natural landscapes in the world. Spanning northern Tanzania and extending into southwestern Kenya, ...