Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new ...

SHELBURNE- A simple change to a farmer's hay cutting schedule in Vermont could be the key to saving families of birds from extinction. Researchers are working with Vermont landowners to preserve some ...

1. Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas, ...

Grasslands are vast, open landscapes where grasses, sedges, and wildflowers dominate the terrain rather than trees. They ...

Cedar Creek Natural History Area is a 2200 hectare (1 hectare = 2.47 acres) experimental ecological reserve that includes prairie/savanna habitat and prairie plants growing in abandoned agricultural ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Momentum is building for action to tackle the climate crisis – but we must ensure action is ...

Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...

Often viewed as wild, naturally pristine and endangered by human encroachment, some of the African savanna's most fertile and biologically diverse wildlife hotspots owe their vitality to heaps of dung ...