Stories from the Bush
Listen as field biologists share the research underway at Mpala Research Centre.
ExploreWatch the African wild live. Drop into Kenya's Laikipia, day or night, for live cameras into Mpala's 48,000-acre savanna.
Listen as field biologists share the research underway at Mpala Research Centre.
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Curious about Mpala's animals? Use our Field Guide to meet them, hear their calls, and identify their tracks and scat.
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Downloadable lesson plans and activities for teachers to connect students with classrooms near Mpala and around the world.
ExploreMpala Live brings you a collection of documentaries produced at the Mpala Research Centre and featuring its stewards of African wildlife. Coming soon: Live chats with scientists who work in this living laboratory of discovery and hope.
Tracking elephant movement across Laikipia's shared landscapes.
Invasive ants reshape the savanna's most iconic tree.
Behavior, territory, and the cost of being the dominant male.
Why a small bird builds the savanna's largest apartment block.
Get to know Mpala's wild citizens
Curious about the animals roaming the landscape? Use the Field Guide to browse their profiles, hear their calls, and learn to identify their tracks and scat.
Connecting classrooms to the wild. Engaging conservation lesson plans for teachers and students from Grade 3 to 8.
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Help Samburu and Laikipia Maasai children understand the deep connections between their environment, the local wildlife, and their daily lives. This collection of lessons and projects brings their natural surroundings into focus.
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Explore the African wilds with your students while helping them discover their relationship to another world. Created by qualified educators and reviewed by scientists, these adaptable, standards-aligned lesson plans bring the ecosystem right to your classroom.
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Where animals live, how they move through habitat, and how to start noticing the ones nearest to home.
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What lives where, and why. Students map a habitat near their school and compare it to the savanna at Mpala.
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An introduction to local animal life and how observation builds the foundation of biology.
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Drought, fire, and animal pressure reshape the savanna over time. Students model the changes through a year.
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