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Cheryl Walker

Senior Executive Director of News and Public Relations

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Competition for food drives mass migration of herbivores

Upending the prevailing theory of how and why multi-species mass-migration patterns occur in Serengeti National Park, researchers from Wake Forest University have confirmed that the millions-strong wildebeest population pushes zebra herds along in competition for the most nutrient-dense grasses. The study appears today in the journal Science.