Savannas cover 60% of Africa and represent a ... Litter serves as a major pathway for nutrient recycling. This biome is named for the dominant trees that drop their leaves during the winter ...

The most dramatic Darwinian interactions of the savanna biome occur between herbivores (animals that eat plants) and carnivores (animals that eat other animals and insects). Even within these main ...

But they are vibrant ecosystems, and some, like the African savanna, are home to the animal kingdom's most recognizable fauna.

No African adventure is complete without spotting the “Big Five”. Here's a closer look at these iconic animals and where to ...

A new study challenges the notion that anatomically modern humans began inhabiting rainforest habitats just 70,000 years ago.

You may have seen lions, elephants and snakes in the zoo but if you wanted to see these incredible animals in their natural habitat you’d need to visit a tropical grassland, or a savanna.

These human impacts include habitat loss or fragmentation ... In spring of 1994, 168 plots, each 9 m x 9 m, were seeded to contain 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 grassland-savanna species. All plots received, in ...