Sustenance farmers in northern KwaZulu-Natal are losing thousands of goats — and children are getting rashes — because of an ...

The savannas and grasslands of Africa support dozens of grazing herbivores, with enormous animals like rhinos and elephants living largely in peace alongside impalas and wildebeests. However, research ...

Superpower: Soil enrichers As wildebeest traverse the landscape, their trampling aerates the soil and redistributes nutrients while mixing in large amounts of carbon-rich dung. Combining with other ...

She earns 17 cents for every kilogram of the fruit and she can spend up to eight hours a day walking through the sunbaked savanna. She has exhausted the trees nearby.

Jackals are omnivores; they enjoy both plants and meat in their diet. There are three known jackal species, indigenous to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Several savanna regions on the African ...

The multiuse path around Lady Bird Lake is bursting with life—endangered species, invasive species, endearing species. Here's ...

6. Acacia Tree The acacia tree (V. tortilis) is an iconic species in the African savanna. These trees are huge, sometimes growing to be over 20 meters (66 ft) tall! The tree is central to all kinds of ...

The diametric structure of woody species shows an inverted “J” shape in all plant communities. This indicates a high regeneration potential characterized by a greater number of small trees than large ...

The diametric structure of woody species shows an inverted “J” shape in all plant communities. This indicates a high regeneration potential characterized by a greater number of small trees than large ...

Superpower: carbon cycler Forests play a big role in buffering against climate change because of their ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in trees and plants, also known as ...

When people plant trees where trees are not supposed to grow, environmental harm–not healing–can result, as exemplified in a new analysis published February 15 in the journal Science.