serengeti

Here we are on the Serengeti Plain in Africa, where an ostrich has abandoned an egg and a hungry jackal means to make a meal out of it.

Seems like a bit of a stretch. But you won't find me strolling the Serengeti after a full moon.

At the beginning of each year, the wildebeest congregate on the fringes of the Serengeti - all giving birth in the same month.

The World Bank said in March it had offered Tanzania an alternative to stop the Serengeti road project.

The farmer on the green side had been forcing his cattle to mimic the great migratory wildebeest herds of the Serengeti.

You see, here on the Serengeti, the sound of a cracked eggshell is like a newsflash.

Each year, the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania play host to one of the greatest animal migrations on earth.

The Great Migration of the Serengeti that tests the survival skills of a pride of lions with young cubs.

The name "Serengeti" comes from the Maasai language and appropriately means an "extended place" .

The seasonal migration of animals in southern Sudan is a spectacle to rival the flow of animals across Tanzania's Serengeti Plain.

The wildebeest and zebra moreover form the star cast of a unique spectacular -- the annual Serengeti migration.

On the contrary, September is the height of dry season in Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti and many other parts of Africa.

The Serengeti Plains in East Africa. The sun is bright, the trees are green and the animals live happily.

American Serengeti: The Western lands under restoration have been compared with the abundant plains in Africa.

A leopard cub explores the long grass in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

In the heart of California's wine country, this 400-acre preserve with 800 free-roaming animals is a Sonoma Serengeti of sorts.

A golden lioness and her cub bask in the warmth of a savanna sun in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

A six-week-old white tiger cub is held by its surrogate 'father' Hameed Hamza at the Serengeti-Park zoo in Hodenhagen, northern Germany.

He haven't seen a beautiful lion like this before, even though he has visited Serengeti and Masai Mara many times.

Wildebeest migration and clouds, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Other examples of affected animals included elephants in Mali, lions in the Serengeti and crocodiles in Malawi.

This lion was photographed under moonlight, at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

And what strange creatures would they have encountered here on the American Serengeti?

Wildebeests migrate in great herds across the Serengeti. The key to their mass movement is the rain.

Three headed giraffe, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Hippo yawning, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

We were taking shots in the southwest of Serengeti, Tanzania.

"If anything bad happens to the Serengeti, " said Charles Ngereza, a Tanzanian tour operator, "we're finished. "

Serengeti SunglassesNow, that I am an eyewear specialist, I understand why they thought that glass green lenses are the best.

At nearly four feet tall, it's the largest, most aggressive vulture on the Serengeti.

Visit Africa's Serengeti Plain in northeast Tanzania, near Kenya.

The road passing through the Serengeti will remain under the ownership and control of Tanapa.

Hippo in pool, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

One big question about lions is why the males even have a mane, said West, who studied lions in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

The Masai Mara savanna in Kenya and the Serengeti in Tanzania supportthe largest migration of grazing animals in the world.

Maybe you'd better take six months off to explore the Serengeti.

Indeed, the Serengeti ecosystem provides a paradise of animal life that is a marvel to behold.

When you walk to school with the cello, you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man.

HAVE you ever wondered what it's like to live on the wide Serengeti Plains or experience the beauty of a night in the Sahara Desert?

An albino alligator named White Diamond is pictured at the Serengeti wildlife park in Germany