In East Africa's savanna ... move across space to adapt to climate and habitat changes As natural savanna habitats and climate are rapidly being altered by human activities, effective conservation ...

Africa is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns, explains climate specialist Richard Washington. The African continent will be hardest hit by climate change.

Ferne Corrigan looks in-depth at the climate of the African savanna grasslands, describing the rainfall distribution and the benefits of fires in the dry season. The adaptations made by the baobab ...

Scientists recently found the planet’s longest continuously occupied termite colony in an arid region of South Africa. It ...

In African savannas, wildebeests ... Nonforest ecosystems also help mitigate climate change by absorbing carbon. Grasslands—a nonforest ecosystem—can store 150-200 tonnes per hectare of ...

Even for a conservation biologist numbed to bad news about nature, the biennial Living Planet report from the World Wildlife ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana ... doing their part in slowing down the effects of ...

African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana). Scientists used to think both animals were subspecies of a single African elephant. However, a study published in 2010 found that each elephant ...

When people think of animals that could be driven extinct by climate change ... wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa where it inhabits savannas and arid regions. A previous study – which ...

They’re distinguished by coloring, size, and even horn shape. There’s also the forest buffalo, the West Africa savanna buffalo, and the Central Africa savanna buffalo. When the buffalo aren ...