News tagged with african forest

Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes, researchers find

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Without this ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neon blue-tailed tree lizard glides like a feather

Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks. However, some have opted for an arboreal life style. Neon blue tailed tree lizards (Holaspis guentheri) leap from b ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests

An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 10

Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Aggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As "killer bees" spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, began a 17-year study ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0