Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya May 3, 2023

Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya

Welcome to Kenya"s Maasai Mara National Reserve, where some of its most iconic inhabitants are out for an evening stroll. Wildebeests, also known as gnus, are social animals which often form large herds. There are two types: black wildebeests and blue wildebeests and it is the latter which take part in the famous Great Migration, one of the world"s greatest wildlife spectacles.

© Matt Polski/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 3, 2018Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
May 3, 2019A night of art and culture
May 3, 2020World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
May 3, 2021It s Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3, 2022Teacher Appreciation Day
May 3, 2024The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
May 3, 2025Happy International Astronomy Day!

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 1, 2023National Mushroom Month
May 22, 2024International Day for Biological Diversity
Aug 15, 2019It’s surströmming time
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
Apr 6, 2023Aprils full moon
May 12, 2018It’s World Migratory Bird Day
Jun 19, 2019Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
Oct 24, 2024Bodie State Historic Park, California
Jul 25, 2023Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
Jun 4, 2018Lighting it up for Vivid Sydney
Jun 18, 2022International Surfing Day
Nov 20, 2020Atop the Needle of Chamonix
Jun 15, 2021Are you older than this lake?
Dec 7, 2025Pearl Harbor Day
Mar 14, 2024Happy Pi Day!
Jul 13, 2021Through an artist s eyes
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Dec 13, 2025Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
May 8, 2024Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
Dec 28, 2021Kjell Henriksen Observatory
Jul 12, 2018Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
Dec 22, 2020A holiday beacon of light
Mar 7, 2020Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
Aug 14, 2025Cable car station, Graubünden, Switzerland
Mar 30, 2021Best fronds forever
Jul 26, 2024Summer Olympics begin in Paris
Apr 5, 2023Black grouses lekking
May 18, 2023International Museum Day
Dec 28, 2019Did they forget to fly south?
Dec 6, 2018The owl that loved football