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The Grassland Society of Southern Africa has been conducting scientific research for 60 years, adapting to new challenges.
The state of the planet is often told in soundbites. A species saved (or extinct) here; a forest burned there. Some glacier collapsed, some renewable energy growth. But behind these bite-sized ...
Listed as critically endangered, the Canberra grassland earless dragon is on the ... said the dragons are not the easiest animals to breed. "They are quite picky with their mate choices," he ...
The extinction of organisms can have far-reaching implications for the remaining portion of the biome. For these reasons, it is really important that we raise awareness about the most endangered ...
Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological processes of Earth’s biomes. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore ...
forcing people and animals to compete for resources, and increasing both community tensions and conflict between humans and wildlife. Researchers monitoring both grassland restoration and ...
Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many associated grassland species ... because they are the primary biome that humans rely on for agriculture ...
A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a "conservation crisis" for dozens of species of birds. The crisis is illustrated in a new State ...
These habitats are identified by the vegetation and animals that populate them. The regional climate determines each biome's location. Grassland biomes have cold winters and warm summers ...
Trees don’t actually belong in every biome. And in some cases ... including some very cool animals that were once widespread on this continent and just aren’t anymore– highly specialized grassland ...
When talking about endangered animals, those that often get media attention like ... but also South Africa’s most threatened grassland biome. They are endemic to South Africa, in the area near ...
Categories of vegetation density (Dense, Mid-dense, Sparse, Very sparse, Grassland, Woody grassland ... guideline within the CARACAS Declaration that identified that 10% of each biome should be ...