Central African states on Saturday said they would mobilize up to 1,000 soldiers and law-enforcement officials to immediately start joint military operations to protect the region's last remaining savanna ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

It has long been believed that male lions are dependent on females when it comes to hunting. But new evidence suggests that male lions are, in fact, very successful hunters in their own right. A new report ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 18, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

The Orinoco River flows from the Andes in Colombia to the Atlantic in Venezuela. The area of the basin includes landscapes of the Andes, plains of the Llanos and the Guiana shield. Orinoco's tributary rivers form ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Dining on field grasses would be ruinous to human teeth, but mammals such as horses, rhinos and gazelles evolved long, strong teeth that are up to the task.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 04, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 2 |

(Phys.org)—The dwindling reserves of fuelwood in Africa have been illuminated in a new study published today, which shows a bleak outlook for supplies across savannas in South Africa.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A recent report says illegal hunting of wildlife in South African Development Community (SADC) states can lead to the eradication of many species across extensive areas and even complete ecological collapse.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

A herd of elephants hobbles past a cluster of acacia trees to a water-hole deep in Zimbabwe's vast Hwange game reserve, attracted by the drone of generators pumping water round the clock into the pool.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Earth's grasslands and savannas are experiencing a major transformation as woody plants, such as trees and shrubs, have begun to dominate arid lands around the globe. While ecologists document this dramatic ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 22, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 2

In the face of mass deforestation of the Amazon, we could learn from its earliest inhabitants who managed their farmland sustainably. Research from an international team of archaeologists and paleoecologists, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 09, 2012 5 / 5 (14) 7 |

Elephants and maybe rhinoceroses could be introduced to Australia to chomp on an invasive African grass that also causes wildfires, according to an idea reported in a scientific journal on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2012 4.6 / 5 (5) 16

National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology has used information collec ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Grasses bend in the wind, their golden tips tracing arcs across fields that stretch toward the horizon. Sunwashed by a fading evening light, these reedy ballet dancers are central figures in savanna, an ecosystem ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 09, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0

Since he was 14, Al-Amin has tapped gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that thrives in Sudan's conflict states -- "manna" from heaven for some, a key ingredient in Coca-Cola for others.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 25, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

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

Oct 31, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 1 |