Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa, where our ancestors first emerged. According to the traditional scientific narrative, Africa was once a verdant idyll ...

Today, the Songhor fossil site in western Kenya is covered by a mixture of grass and trees adjacent to a modern river. Evidence from this site indicates that it was likely a relatively closed tropical ...

Ambitious tree-planting projects that aim to restore forests in Africa could inadvertently harm grasslands and savannahs by introducing too much shade. This may prevent smaller plants from ...

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, has informed policymakers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of ...

1. In the Ethiopian botanical region of tropical and South Africa open grasslands occur in all zones of climate, altitude and vegetation. They are mostly too broken up to be shown on any small scale ...

WEBVTT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 60 FAMILIES AND ROLL. MELISSA: A LOT TO LEARN AT THE HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM. THE AFRICAN GRASSLAND EXHIBIT IS MORE THAN A YEAR FROM COMPLETION BUT THE CONSTRUCTION ...

Planet Zoo: Console Edition players can prepare to welcome thirteen incredible new animals to their zoos with the Planet Zoo: Grasslands & Africa bundle! From today, zookeepers can embrace plains, ...

Background and aims — The grasslands of southern Africa are threatened by habitat transformation and invasive alien species. However, the resultant plant species loss per unit area cannot be ...

To the untrained eye, African lovegrass is just another plant in the NSW Snowy Mountains. But this golden plant is a deceptive invasive weed that is choking out the landscape, causing some farmers to ...

Three fossilized bones from Morotopithecus: a vertebra, part of a jaw and a femur. Credit: L. MacLatchy and J. Kingston Three fossilized bones from Morotopithecus: a vertebra, part of a jaw and a ...