Africa is a source of uncertainty in carbon cycle calculations. By some estimates, the continent's landscapes emit 2.1 billion tons more carbon dioxide than they take up each year—about equal to 1.5 ...

An elephant takes a drink in the African Grasslands exhibit at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium in Omaha. The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium opens its $73 million, 28-acre African Grasslands exhibit on ...

In the vast golden grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa, the secretary bird makes an unforgettable sight — long-legged, crested, ...

Catastrophic fires in the Amazon rainforest made global headlines, but since then NASA has noted that right now there are actually many more fires in parts of Africa than in Brazil. This has led some ...

Sitting between two national parks in Kenya, the Chyulu Hills are home to large populations of elephants and other wildlife. The area is also the site of Apple’s latest donation, as the tech company ...

Laura M MacLatchy receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, the LSB Leakey Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the University of Michigan. Dan Peppe receives funding from ...

Global tree-planting initiatives, aimed at storing carbon from the atmosphere, could include plantations in fire-prone African savannas. 58% of tree plantations grown in South African grasslands ...

Witness large animals play out their lives in the grasslands. Grasslands are the great stages of the natural world where large animals play out spectacular lives in clear view of people. From the ...

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, has informed policymakers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The smoking image of a grasshopper was burned into the South African grassland, as alert firefighters stood by. Last month’s work of performance art was born from the idea of ...