African wildlife expert Rob the Ranger captures the first moments of new cheetah cubs emerging from their den in Maasai Mara.

Here, a team of women rangers is applying perspective and expertise distinctive to Maasai women, and their insightful approach to conservation is helping wildlife and communities of the valley thrive.

A new dawn for Kenyan safaris: how Maasai communities are empowering women. Life plays out much as it always has on the great plains of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, but the latest generation of Maasai ...

He learned how to shoot arrows and use a machete, and became a moran—entering a stage of life when young Maasai men bear responsibility for protecting their village—and was given more cows ...

The idea that ‘land is life’ has been at the core of what I do since I began my journey in grassroots conservation. ... where Maasai land rights have frequently been disputed.

The breakthrough was a bottle of water. For three days, wildlife ranger Everlyne Merishi had been embedded with a group of Maasai morans, or hunters.It was mid-2023, and they were searching for ...

Key findings. Changing pastoral livelihoods leading to new decision-making opportunities for Maasai women. Women are gaining new opportunities for empowerment in areas such as income generation ...

There are no official consequences for those who don’t sign up, but since 2022, Maasai leaders say funding to the district has been cut, and all aspects of life are restricted: movement ...

When you give a Maasai warrior a 7-iron, ... Looking back as a mid-handicap who has only broken 80 three times in my life, I got one up on the scratch players out there.

For centuries, East African pastoralists like the Maasai trudged across the region’s savannas with their herds, passing by elephants and lions in their search for life-giving grasses.