Elephants are not only the largest land mammals on Earth but also among the most majestic and intelligent creatures in the ...

The wildebeest migration is one of nature's most remarkable events, a breathtaking journey across the African plains that ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The majestic animals most closely associated with the African savanna -- fierce lions, massive elephants, towering giraffes -- may be relatively minor players when it comes to ...

Coupled field observations and phytoclimatic modeling show that the distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, researchers report in a new study. The ...

Kowiyou Yessoufou, T. Jonathan Davies, Olivier Maurin, Maria Kuzmina, Hanno Schaefer, Michelle van der Bank, Vincent Savolainen, Large herbivores favour species diversity but have mixed impacts on ...

Land Cover Change in Northern Botswana: The Influence of Climate, Fire, and Elephants on Semi-Arid Savanna Woodlands. Land, 2017; 6 (4): 73 DOI: 10.3390/land6040073 ...

The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant is now listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of ...

He wanted to explore how overlooked organisms like the leopard tortoise fit into global-scale dynamics such as climate change and ecosystem health. For his thesis, Petticord found that drier ...

Olaotswe Kgosikoma ¹², Witness Mojeremane ³, Barbra A. Harvie ², Pastoralists’ Perception and Ecological Knowledge on Savanna Ecosystem Dynamics in Semi-arid Botswana, Ecology and Society, Vol. 17, No ...

In the first continent-wide study of the effects of fire on bird and mammal diversity in the African savanna environment, researchers have found that increasing 'pyrodiversity' boosts the variety ...

“Trees can benefit from how much drought reduces grass — which competes for resources with the trees and fuels savanna fires.” However, the new study showed the severe drought killed off trees in the ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The savanna section of Zoo Midland is all about bringing a slice of the African Savanna to life, offering visitors an up-close and immersive experience with animals such as ...