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 ...

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you ...

Human-caused environmental changes threaten natural ecosystems. These ecosystems are essential to creating and maintaining a rich, resilient, and adaptable biosphere. In East Africa's savanna, ...

Savanna ecosystems, spanning grasslands punctuated by scattered trees, are shaped fundamentally by the activities of large mammalian herbivores. Through grazing and browsing, these animals regulate ...

New research shows that degraded savanna ecosystems can reap lasting benefits from a single seeding of native understory plants. Once a diverse understory of savanna plants became established, its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance ...

A study by research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University has, for the first time, unveiled Taiwan's vanished Pleistocene ecosystem: a warm, arid savanna ...

Brazilian savannas, collectively known as the Cerrado, represent one of the Earth’s most biodiverse tropical grassland–woodland mosaics. Characterised by a complex interplay of climate seasonality, ...

In an interesting twist, two kinds of rare American freshwater crustaceans have been found to thrive after prescribed burns in their habitats. Populations of vernal pool fairy shrimp in Oregon and ...

New research pushes back the oldest evidence of C4 grass-dominated habitats in Africa -- and globally -- by more than 10 million years, with important implications for primate evolution and the ...

Red-headed woodpeckers and their oak savanna habitats are in serious decline. Red-headed woodpeckers and the oak savanna habitat that supports them are in serious decline. To forage for insects and ...