| 单词 | savanna |
| 例句 | That night she listened to the voices of the troop as they nested in the trees across the savanna. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The isthmus is a medley of mountains, beaches, wet tropical forests, and dry savannas, and is the most ecologically diverse area in Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From the top of Ibibate we were able to see the surrounding savanna. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Wide golden light, and an endless prairie or savanna, like nothing she had ever seen in her own world. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It hadn’t been hard to follow them; despite Mary’s confidence in the open savanna, there was plenty of concealment in the grass and the occasional thickets of string-wood and sap-lacquer bushes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Crisscrossing the savanna are networks of earthen fish weirs: interconnected low berms that change direction, zigzag-style, every thirty to a hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On his travels in rain forests and tropical savannas, he ate with pleasure whatever the locals were eating. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The soccer field had become the plains of northern Kenya, the great savanna. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The country of the Zande is savanna mixed with riverine forest, beautiful country, where acacia trees cluster along the banks of seasonal rivers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Living on this artificial inland archipelago, native peoples ate a diet heavy in fish, which migrate and spawn in the flooded savannas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If the global temperature rises by 4°C over the next fifty years, as is evidently possible, the whole of the Appalachian wilderness below New England could become savanna. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In a broad reach of savanna, the Beni’s original inhabitants built raised fields—artificial platforms of soil that lift crops above the floodwaters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The same is true of the Beni savanna, it seems, with its different complement of species. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There must be some feature of the mineral content of these stone roads that made them run in ribbon-like lines over the vast savanna, and be so resistant to weathering or cracking. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She smelled his rotting leg in Africa, where it would be blown off his body on a moonless savanna night. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of the savanna is natural, the result of seasonal flooding. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The trail had petered out in the forests and savannas of central Africa. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of them come from the tattered edges of tropical rain forest, or they come from tropical savanna that is being settled rapidly by people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of that, about a quarter of Amazonia is not forest but savanna—the Beni, in Bolivia, is the biggest chunk. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But The Taker stalks her, like a cheetah stalks a gazelle in the open savanna. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “And I know they get their food and everything, and if they get sick, a vet gives them medicine. But don’t you think they’d rather be chasing a zebra across the savanna?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few minutes the roads and houses disappeared, and the only traces of human settlement were the cattle scattered over the savanna like sprinkles on ice cream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When Indian societies disintegrated from disease and mistreatment, forest invaded savanna in Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Texas hill country. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The road descends into the Rift, cutting across wrinkled knees of bluffs, until it hits bottom and unravels on a savanna dotted with acacia trees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Chad encompasses two zones, the fertile savanna of the south and the great sand dunes of the Sahara to the north. New Travel Options to Chad 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Disneynature's magnificent new wildlife documentary, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, is built around the fierce protect-my-young instincts of a lioness and a female cheetah struggling against the odds on the Kenyan Masai Mara savanna. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-04-20T22:18:11Z Elsewhere in the Southeast, he spent long hours observing the granite outcrops and old-growth longleaf pine savannas of Georgia, along with the coastal salt marshes of South Carolina. A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Set designer Luciana Stecconi unfurls painted settings at the back of the stage — silhouetted giraffes on the African savanna for Act 1, a simple tree in a park for Act 2. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The film follows a herd of elephants wandering the Kenyan savanna over a period of several years. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Apollo’ and Scorsese Crime Films 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The Isthmus of Panama is home to some of the purest natural beauty in Latin America: dense tropical rain forests, wide savannas, coral reefs bursting with aquatic life, and delightfully deserted beaches. These Are the Best Places to Travel in 2016 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The first was hidden among the trees on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River, offering access to a hilly landscape of dry savanna dotted with patches of scrubby forest. Personal Journeys : In East Africa, Safaris That Leave a Lighter Footprint 2014-01-31T18:49:41Z It boasts glaciers in the north, tropical rain forests, savanna and active volcanoes and is home to about a quarter of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. A trek to gorilla country in the Congo It's an engrossing and often moving film built around the fierce protect-my-young instincts of a lioness and a female cheetah struggling against the odds on the Kenyan Masai Mara savanna. 'African Cats': fiercely entertaining ? and kid-friendly, too 2011-04-21T22:13:34Z Logging swallowed big swathes of the savanna; cotton and sugar plantations chewed up the leftovers. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The night before, sitting by our campfire, we’d heard distant hoof beats rumbling across the savanna. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z It’s a magnificent reserve, swallowing you up in endless expanses of acacia trees and emerald green swamps and tawny savannas. A Family Adventure in the Wild Heart of Tanzania 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z In Africa, there are two kinds of elephants: savanna and forest elephants. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “We must urgently put an end to poaching and ensure that sufficient suitable habitat for both forest and savanna elephants is conserved.” Separating elephant species shows they are closer to extinction than scientists thought 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z “So it stops being rainforest. Once that happens, it turns quite quickly to savanna.” The Terrible Beauty of Richard Mosse’s Portrait of the Amazon 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s the combination of masks, puppetry and fluid, idiosyncratic movement that brings a wild savanna to life. ‘The Lion King’ always makes me cry “When we were all evolving on the African savanna, we lived our full lives with relatively small groups of 20 or 25 people,” Dr. Carstensen said. We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?) 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z “In a few years, that will turn back into savanna,” Mr. Thornton said. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z In 1960, the region we were deported to in Bugesera was a savanna inhabited by large animals—lions, buffalo, elephants, and so on. Scholastique Mukasonga on Tutsi Life and the Rwandan Genocide 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z We crossed into Tanzania that same day, and the landscape immediately opened up: lush, green savanna unrolling from the sides of the highway. Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z I think a lot of people think of the great savannas and then maybe the antelopes and big herds, but I really enjoyed getting into deep grass and thick grass. LISTEN: “Planet Earth II” producer on location challenges: “Pockets of the natural world which are in pristine condition are shrinking” 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Before the evolution of the various big-cat species, giant balls of string roamed the savannas. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z These are Suffolk County’s expansive pine barrens, a maritime savanna that the Long Island Expressway runs through as a river might, making its way slowly toward the sea. Journeys: Correspondents Select Some of Their Favorite Roads 2012-05-20T22:47:22Z Nearby, a refined-looking raptor perched in a low tree, a savanna hawk. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Once upon a time, when our ancestors were struggling for survival on the African savanna, it was good to see ghosts. The Twain Shall Meet 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z A platform serves as the basket of a hot-air balloon that virtually carries you over the African savanna. National Geographic exhibit shows how curious kids turned into explorers 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z “Think sunset on the savanna,” Mr. Murphy said of the lighting effect he wants. Field Notes: Not Only the Bride Is Beaming 2011-03-25T00:02:16Z And if the oceans don’t fascinate you, there are four other exhibit sections: rain forest, polar, savannas, and caves and mountains. National Geographic exhibit shows how curious kids turned into explorers 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z He recommends Indiana Dunes National Park and the adjacent state park — a habitat complex of oak savanna, wetlands, prairie and forest along Lake Michigan. Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Behind the building lies his next project: 20 acres of longleaf pine savanna. Every Plant Has a Story. You Just Need to Dig. 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Any other group encountered in the savanna posed a mortal threat and had to be destroyed. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z It’s pretty severe looking, like an African savanna, just a few inches lower in elevation than the green mangroves, and this creates such a different landscape. Q&A: The Author of ‘Swamplandia!’ on the Florida Everglades 2012-11-14T19:32:07Z “Can we get you posing next to your jewelry?” a photographer asked Mr. Ahluwalia, 39, who stood by a vitrine while influential young New Yorkers who populate the city’s social savannas ascended a majestic staircase. Waris Ahluwalia: A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely 2013-12-12T01:20:00Z Hawks wheel on updrafts above savannas of gnarled oaks. What’s new, what’s novel in Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine country 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A.When we evolved as a species on the savannas of Africa, you couldn’t survive unless you cooperated and shared resources with bands of other pre-humans, and then humans. The technology that brought us Airbnb and Uber can do so much more 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z I think we probably evolved as a species to be born, to live and to die within a few dozen square miles of forest or savanna. What It’s Really Like to Be an Airline Pilot 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z This vast expanse of savanna and wetlands was almost lost in the 1990s when it was crowded with fleeing refugees and grazing cattle. In Rwanda, mountain gorilla treks spur country’s renewal effort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Cycling through Madagascar’s vast savanna, with its pervasive tall grasses and impressive granite buttes, I felt very small. In Madagascar, an island with unique species is a biking biologist’s dream 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Filmed in Kenya's Masai Mara region from August 2008 to October 2010, "African Cats" follows a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs in the savanna. Wills, Kate attend 'African Cats' London premiere 2012-04-25T21:09:09Z The Cerrado is a high savanna, with dry forests and shrub lands, and occupies a quarter of Brazil’s land area. Perspective | Amid the smoke of a burning Amazon rises the specter of the artist Roberto Burle Marx 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The road ascended from cactus flats to grass and oak savannas into a narrowing canyon, a crease of shady oak and sycamore forest flanking a seasonal stream, bone dry in present drought conditions. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Gita was nearing 50 when she went five years ago to that great poacher-free savanna in the sky. Television: Facing Age With a Saucy Wink 2011-04-28T18:29:14Z I mean the tusks of the mighty Mlima, a legendary elephant struck down by poachers on the savannas of a Kenyan game preserve. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The result thrusts viewers into what looks like a real African savanna, with an ensemble of animal players that might have just stepped out of a David Attenborough documentary. ‘The Lion King’ leads us out of Uncanny Valley and into Disney’s branded new world 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “Leaving Time” is set partially at a New England elephant sanctuary and in the savannas of Africa, where herds of wild elephants roam. Book review: ‘Leaving Time’ by Jodi Picoult I’ve long been in love with the Lowcountry, a wild labyrinth of rivers, islands, maritime forests, wetlands, savannas and marshes that stretch south from Charleston to the Savannah River. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A third exhibit, called “National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers,” allows visitors to learn about polar regions, oceans, rain forests, mountains, caves, and the African savanna. Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Southern California once looked like an African savanna — five breeds of big cats roamed here. A Fossil Museum Uses the Past to Reimagine Climate’s Future 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Colantonio composed an intricate savanna mural for the wall above — tropical creatures amid palms and yellow roses — rendered in the chalky children’s tempera paints he prefers. Inside a Designer’s Theatrical Apartment and Studio in Rome 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Rather, he compared it to the African savanna, where lions eat antelopes and every beast is looking for a niche of its own in which to survive. Art and Commerce Meet in Miami Beach 2012-12-08T00:35:20Z The airport terminal was the ultimate safari park, with its wide viewing windows revealing a savanna of ground-crew vehicles. Security Lines and Flight Delays? This Kid’s in Paradise 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z A coming-of-age fable that transports elements of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to the African savanna, “The Lion King” is not so much an adaptation of the Disney animated film of the same title. The musical that roared: ‘Lion King’ returns to the Paramount 2014-03-14T23:59:20Z Now it’s almost all cleared, almost all savanna, and that’s bad news, not least of all because it’s the lemurs’ habitat. Charting Change in Madagascar 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s a broad, flat savanna split by slow, muddy rivers lined with gallery forests. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Guests receive a three-night stay at the Animal Kingdom Lodge with views of the savanna, a V.I.P. visit to Pandora including a private guide, and a three-day ticket to all Disney parks. Packages for New ‘Pandora-The World of Avatar’ in Orlando 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z One scene shows how early humans might have eaten mushrooms, including psychedelic ones, off animal dung as they tracked prey across the savanna, then collectively tripped their way toward language, weaponry, music and more. Mushrooms Aren’t Here to Destroy Us — Or to Save Us 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Lions prefer to sleep on the open savanna. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z This year was all about the tented camp-experiential properties inspired by the glamour of the African savanna. Longer hauls, nicer planes and other ways travel changed in 2018 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Think you need to travel to the African savanna or South American rain forest to see fantastic wildlife? Four Wildlife Tours in the United States Worth Taking 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Our ancestors might have experienced something similar, standing on the savanna or the tundra, watching tens of thousands of migrating animals pass before them. Nari Ward Shows the Power of Objects at the New Museum 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The organization recently separated the species, noting that savanna elephants are “endangered” and forest elephants are “critically endangered.” Separating elephant species shows they are closer to extinction than scientists thought 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The Brazilian government’s agricultural research agency, EMBRAPA, is now in the early stages of using genetic material retrieved from roadkill in the Cerrado, a vast savanna in the country’s northeast, to create new animals. If you can’t save ‘em, clone ‘em! 2012-12-11T23:51:00Z His long cross-country runner legs always reminded me of a gazelle frolicking across the African savanna. Love and basketball 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Watching Simba and his pals try to regain their rightful place in the kingdom may have you thinking that Disney’s “The Lion King” is a pretty accurate depiction of what happens in the African savanna. How ‘The Lion King’ Gets Real-Life Lion Family Dynamics Wrong 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Past the many men on the side of the road selling hay savanna. When Jill Biden went to Africa, her comment about 2024 stole all the attention 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z One of the regions where this is happening is the Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna and a critical biodiversity hotspot. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z She maneuvered one of the lodge’s electric boats down the Chobe River, where both crocodiles and hippopotamuses can be deadly, toward an area favored by savanna elephants. The Wonder Women of Botswana Safari 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z In the dry and dusty savanna, the women are rarer than the elephants, zebra, giraffes and lions that roam the land. Team Lioness shakes up the ranks of Kenya’s formerly all-male wildlife rangers 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z If a troop of baboons encounters another troop on the savanna, they may keep a respectful distance or they may get into a fight. Scientists Find First Evidence That Groups of Apes Cooperate 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z He said the 226 gigatonne figure includes carbon sequestered in places that are "inappropriate" for planting trees, like at high altitudes, and overly rely on forest gains in savannas, among other concerns. Forests key to climate fight along with cutting fossil fuels, study suggests 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z African savanna elephants are an endangered species with only 350,000 remaining in the wild and ongoing losses estimated at eight percent annually. Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The wide and open tropical and subtropical savannas and grasslands would have to be used as pastures and for food production. Land use: Producing more food and storing more carbon 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z For example, it's not uncommon for a gazelle to cross paths with a cheetah on the savanna. The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Roman travels the world to uncover salmon, bison and hippopotamus conveyor belts that nourish trees, savannas and rivers. Wildlife Poop Is the Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z She then added climate data from up to 6000 years ago and asked the model to predict which species could have slithered through ancient Egypt’s savanna and scrublands. Serpents that bit ancient Egyptians slither into focus 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z While lions have been nicknamed the king of beasts, the videos show that for wild mammals on the savanna — from tiny antelopes to massive elephants — the scariest, most lethal predator of all is us. Video Recordings Reveal the Scariest Sound on the Savanna 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z There's an ocean, mangrove wetlands, a tropical rainforest, a savanna grassland and a fog desert, all set apart from the rest of the planet they're mimicking. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The death of a lion in Kenya’s picturesque savannas rarely tugs at people’s hearts, even in a country where wildlife tourism is a key pillar of the nation’s economy. The Fast, Furious and Brutally Short Life of an African Male Lion 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Noyes has been working more than a decade to eradicate nonnative plants such as thistle and Scotch broom from her property and replace them with wildlife-friendly prairie and savanna vegetation. 'Conservation grazing' uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z “The transformation to savanna makes the landscape way more sensitive to bad ‘fire weather’ — hot, dry, windy conditions,” Trauernicht said. Maui wildfire death toll rises to 36, with more than 270 structures damaged 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z “The reality is that they breed successfully in the wild, and the cruel captive breeding of thousands of lions is a practice South Africa’s savannas don’t actually need,” he says. Are South Africa’s captive lions inbred? No—at least not yet 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Texas’ ancient outcrops record broad swaths of the last 300 million years, including Carboniferous coal swamps, dinosaur-filled floodplains and Cenozoic savannas. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Inside are miniature ecosystems—ocean, mangrove wetlands, tropical rainforest, savanna grassland and fog desert. I Survived a Weekend at Biosphere 2 Pretending to Be in Space 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The scariest elements aren’t the deadly big five of the African savanna — lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo. Eugene Levy travels the world -- whether he wants to or not 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Dr. Taylor, who analyzed the bird’s rhythmic structures with Mr. Xing, records the birds’ songs in Australian deserts and savannas in the middle of the night. It Rocks in the Tree Tops, but Is That Bird Making Music? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Watching the dogs run across the dry savannas of southern Asia, the pair wondered whether it was possible to convert that running energy into electrical power. Wildlife tracker powers itself as animals roam 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Tropical forests, deserts and savannas are found primarily in South America, Africa, and Australia. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Islam reached the savanna south of the Sahara, ruling African elites adopted it, and in some cases they blended it with their traditional beliefs, a process called syncretism. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Saharan salt to the gold producers of the savanna woodland to their south. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Douglas fir forests dominate Western Washington, but for thousands of years, prairies and oak savannas covered 180,000 acres of this land. Why conservation groups are trying to restore Native prairies in WA 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The African savanna elephant, with 4,199 genes devoted to smell, has the most of any animal. What Makes a Mammal? 423,000 Newly Identified DNA Regions Guide Our Genes 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Zoonomia demonstrated how some mammals have a very keen sense of smell - Hoffman's two-toed sloth, the nine-banded armadillo and the African savanna elephant - while others have almost none - whales and dolphins. Ambitious genome project shows how humans fit with other mammals 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z In a few short years, the empire extended from the forested margins of the southwest through the grassland savanna country of the Malinke and the southern Soninke to the Sahel of former Ghana. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z South of the Sahara is the Sahel, a semiarid belt of land that separates the desert in the north from the savanna in the south. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When the Zoonomia team tallied the number of these genes in each species, the African savanna elephant took the top spot, with 4,199. What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The report also found old and mature stands in other open forest types, such as oak woodlands of the Southwest and longleaf pine savannas of the southeast. How much U.S. forest is old growth? It depends who you ask 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s not clear whether these findings hold true in the wild — living in a zoo might encourage different behaviors than living on, say, the savanna. Outsiders Solve Problems. Just Ask Goats. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Biologists typically posit that human ancestors learned to walk on two legs on the savanna's flat expanses. Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2023 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Alongside a greater abundance of vegetation, the savanna is also home to a wider range of wildlife, including cattle, antelope, and giraffes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z More than 1 million of the ungulates migrate across almost 10,000 square miles of savanna. Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The tortoises have lost 97% of the longleaf pine savannas where they lived for millions of years in the South. Endangered status sought for gopher tortoise in 4 states 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “But that’s not an honest understanding of what was here prior to Euro-American contact: a pretty diverse matrix of trees, sunny open meadows and savanna spaces in between,” he says. All about meadowscaping: The low-maintenance ecolawn with ancient allure | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The rainforest, already struggling with challenges from climate change and deforestation, could eventually transform into something more like a grassy savanna, releasing the vast stores of carbon held in its trees. A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Endowed with a hospitable environment, climate, and geography, the plains of the savanna have historically been the region with the greatest concentration of human settlement in Africa. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Other ancestors migrated toward the savanna and gave rise to the giraffe. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z After this tipping point, the Amazon may transform from a lush rainforest into a grassy savanna — a drier and much less biodiverse kind of ecosystem. One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The government announced food packages that will be flown to the reservation where some 26,000 Yanomamis live in a region of rainforest and tropical savanna the size of Portugal. Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Zones known as the tropical savanna — Nigeria and Sudan in north-central Africa, for example — which are already prone to bouts of dryness, are becoming even more parched. The deadly link between diarrheal disease and climate change 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Winding through the savanna and Sahel regions of West Africa is the Niger River. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z On the wide-open savanna, such stiffening could slow an animal down, threatening its survival. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The city was built in a barren savanna, springing up from nothing in just a few years. Brasília’s futuristic architecture gives riot a sci-fi backdrop 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z They are like the apex predators of the savanna, the lions that keep gazelle populations in check by thinning out their numbers. For the first time, scientists discover organisms whose diets rely on eating viruses 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z This suggests that bipedal behavior could have been more likely to evolve in forests than savanna. Climbing trees helped our ancestors evolve to walk on two legs rather than four, study suggests 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Its imperial capital was advantageously situated at Niani, in the southern savanna country of the upper Niger valley near the goldfields of Bure. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Projected on the massive screen behind me onstage, a herd of giraffes rushes across a sweep of savanna. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z That attracted the attention of Steve Winter, renowned for photographing big cats in jungles and savannas around the world. Mourning 'L.A.’s coolest cat' and celebrating how P-22 changed our relationship with nature 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Roughly half of the savanna's vegetation has already been destroyed, with much of it converted to farms and ranches. Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna hits seven-year high 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z But something happened that turned these jungles into vast grassy woodlands, or the African savanna we know today. Climbing trees helped our ancestors evolve to walk on two legs rather than four, study suggests 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Unlike in Ghana, rainfall in Mali, located in the southern savanna, was more abundant, and the farmers of Mali had no difficulty growing enough food to sustain the population. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Brazil's incoming FinMin Haddad says fiscal expansion won't help at the moment 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Colombian government calls on rebel group to suspend planned armed strike 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna rose to a seven-year high, government data showed on Wednesday, destroying a vital habitat for threatened species and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Brazil President-elect Lula to restart diplomatic relations with Venezuela 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z With the advance of Brazil's agricultural frontier since the 1970s, much of the Cerrado has been cut down to raise cattle and grow soybeans and corn, destroying roughly half of the savanna's native vegetation. Exclusive: Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged some 25% in a year, sources say 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z While the Sahara is dry and arid, the savanna is more temperate and wetter, carpeted with grasses and studded by scattered trees. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Hadza are a small population of 1,000 or so, and about half of them maintain a traditional hunting-and-gathering way of life, foraging on the savanna landscape they call home. New Human Metabolism Research Upends Conventional Wisdom about How We Burn Calories 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Nearly all of the world’s remaining wild lions live in African savannas, which play a key role in carbon retention. Opinion | Want to save the planet? Focus on wild cats. 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Scientists warn that the forest is hurtling toward a tipping point at which it will turn into a savanna, with devastating consequences for the global climate. For Indigenous defenders of Brazil's rainforests, 'Lula is our only hope' 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z In fire-scorched areas of the Rio Negro floodplains, one research group noted a “drastic ecosystem shift” that has reduced jungle to savanna. As the Amazon rainforest goes dry, a desperate wait for water Well-watered regions in Africa, such as the grassy plains of the savannas and the northern and southern fringes of the continent, have historically produced environments that foster settled human communities. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Even in the harsh, dry savanna of northern Tanzania, Hadza men and women acquire 500 to 1,000 kilocalories of food an hour, on average. New Human Metabolism Research Upends Conventional Wisdom about How We Burn Calories 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z ARAUCA, Colombia — Over the past four decades, Colombia has pumped billions of barrels of oil from under a vast savanna it shares with neighboring Venezuela. Colombia Leads a New Latin American Left Into the Climate Fight 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Scientists worry that the rain forest may be approaching a tipping point beyond which much of the region would change to dry savanna. Brazil’s New President Vows to Save Amazon Forests 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The arrival of the maned wolf, a species native to South American savannas. As the Amazon rainforest goes dry, a desperate wait for water Africa’s tropical band is further divided into the monsoon area and the tropical savanna. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Some of the degraded land and savanna was then allotted for industrial agriculture including palm oil. Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The study also helped to pinpoint major differences between the neural wirings of African savanna elephants and Asian elephants. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z It lives in sandy upland forests with widely spaced trees, including longleaf pine savannas that once covered an area larger than Germany. Feds: Gopher tortoise not threatened over most of its range 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z If the Amazon rainforest becomes a savanna, there will be reverberations in the climates of South America, the Caribbean, North America and across the globe. Brazil’s runoff election between Bolsonaro and Lula could determine fate of the Amazon rainforest 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Wetter than temperate savannas, tropical savannas are characterized by tall grasses, sparse trees, and greater rainfall and are found bordering the equator. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mr. White says he wants the world to experience Gabon, its savannas, mangroves and forests, and thinks it could become the next Costa Rica, luring global travelers. Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Using the brains of four Asian elephants and four African savanna elephants, the researchers homed in on the facial nucleus, a bundle of neurons concentrated in the brainstem and hooked up to facial nerves. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z And the animals thrived, thanks in part to some unexpected similarities between the local ecosystem and the African savanna. Five Bay Area Restaurants Where Sustainability Shapes the Menu 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The team was surprised to find how concentrated ants are in the tropics, being most plentiful there in savannas and moist forests. How many ants live on Earth? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z In the tropical savanna, on the other hand, rainfall diminishes considerably, and the dense stands of thickly layered trees that characterize the rainforest give way to forested pockets and lush grasslands. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z If a goat and a hippo walk into a watering hole on the savanna, they could end up sharing a lot more than just a drink. Preponderance of Poop Reveals Parasites Are Choosy about Where They Live 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z While his team expected both African savanna and Asian elephants to possess massive stores of facial neurons, Dr. Brecht said the discrepancy between the two species was noteworthy. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z In that way, the farm is largely representative of what remains of the Midwestern oak savanna, where wooded areas “aren’t really being managed at all,” Conway-Anderson said in an interview. Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z To explore further, select one of the biomes on the extended playlist: desert, savanna, temperate forest, temperate grassland, tropic, tundra. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The savanna is a grassy plain that constitutes another of Africa’s immense biomes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Although camels are genetically very different from their new savanna neighbors, they evidently share parasites with many wild and domestic animals—particularly cows. Preponderance of Poop Reveals Parasites Are Choosy about Where They Live 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The savanna areas yielded rice, millet, and sorghum. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In Missouri, Conway-Anderson is engaged in a multiyear project aimed at restoring a healthy oak savanna with the proper balance of trees, forage and open space for cattle to graze in an environmentally sustainable way. Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z There are eight major terrestrial biomes: tropical wet forests, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and Arctic tundra. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z At around five million square miles in size, the savanna covers almost half the surface of the continent and has been home to more people and history than any other part of Africa. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A family takes a trip to the South African savanna, only to discover a lethal lion running rampant. 8 movies open Aug. 19 at Seattle-area theaters; here’s what to see 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z But ecologists soon warned of the dangers it posed to the nation’s tropical savannas, a mix of sparse grasses and eucalyptus trees that cover one-quarter of the continent. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Conway-Anderson said the sharp distinction between farm and forest management has created a “fortress conservation” mentality that doesn’t promote true restoration of native landscapes like the oak savannas, which have been largely forgotten. Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Terrestrial ecosystems, also known for their diversity, are grouped into large categories called biomes, such as tropical rain forests, savannas, deserts, coniferous forests, deciduous forests, and tundra. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The Sahel transitions to desert in the extreme north of the savanna belt. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In prairies and savannas, plant species often maintain an exquisite balance in which dozens of species share a few square feet of space. This Pushy Plant Is the First Proved to Shove Its Neighbor 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The original ecosystem evolved with frequent, low-level fires, including ones set by Indigenous Aboriginal people to create open savannas that improved hunting and provided habitats for specific plants and animals. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The result is “there are very, very few original remnant oak savannas left,” she said. Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Beyond this threshold, the ecosystem could enter an unstoppable spiral of decline, eventually transforming from lush rainforest into grassy savanna. It’s Getting Harder for Forests to Recover from Disasters 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Because of the abundance there of grasses as sources of food, Africa’s savannas are home to a range of large grazing mammals including gazelles, wildebeests, elephants, ostriches, and zebras. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The foliage can form dense mats on the forest floor of pine savannas in the Southeastern United States. This Pushy Plant Is the First Proved to Shove Its Neighbor 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Researchers fear it could ultimately spread through much of the country’s 2 million square kilometers of tropical savanna. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s an open question as to how much of the native oak savanna could be reclaimed, she said, but efforts are underway to map a once-distinct ecosystem in the heart of America. Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z It may instead transform into some other ecosystem entirely, like a grassland or savanna. It’s Getting Harder for Forests to Recover from Disasters 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Rather, they continued to drift southward and eventually emerged into the southern savanna, where they found an environment not unlike the grasslands they had encountered north of the rainforest. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There are eight major terrestrial biomes: tropical rainforests, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and Arctic tundra. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z In a short time, land that was once shrubland, savanna, or dry forest is locked into being a grassland. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Located on a high plateau, the park is a mosaic of open grasslands and savanna, the latter a tangle of brushy plants and compact, leathery trees that offer little shade. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The first critical event in this story is an environmental change from jungle to more of a savanna, probably caused by changes in Indian Ocean circulation. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Migrating originally from West Africa, the Bantu would have recognized much of the geography and climate of southern Africa: there is desert, such as the Kalahari and Namib in southwest Africa, and vast savanna. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There are eight major terrestrial biomes: tropical rainforests, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and Arctic tundra. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z The rainforest would be converted into degraded open savanna, endangering biodiversity, shifting regional weather patterns and accelerating climate change. Amazon deforestation hits six-year high in Brazil 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Scientists who study savannas, prairies and other grasslands say the dispute is a familiar one. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Around 17 million years ago, this area was an expanse of savannas and forests home to an array of large mammals like shovel-tusked elephants, short-horned rhinoceroses and burly bear dogs. Giraffes May Be Long-Necked for Fights, Not Just Food 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Both the vegetation and wildlife of the southern African savanna resemble that of West Africa in many ways. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Examples of biomes include tropical rainforests, savannas, deserts, grasslands, temperate forests, and tundras. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Learn about conservation efforts from the Chesapeake Bay to the savannas of Kenya, or try weaving a sculpture with date palms. Plan your summer with this guide to D.C.’s festivals and events 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z When scientists say that people shouldn’t plant trees in the Brazilian cerrado, he said, they spoke of grasslands and savannas, ignoring the scattered areas of dense forest like this one. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Among the world’s most biodiverse savannas, the Cerrado is under heavy pressure; more than half has already been cleared for crops and cattle. Brazil’s space research institute, a source of national pride, is struggling for survival 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z As Ghana expanded and was in turn conquered, new goldfields were opened at Bure in the woodland savanna south of Bambuk, well beyond Ghana’s commercial reach. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Longer dry seasons are stressing trees and increasing fire risks, accelerating the conversion of forest to more open savannas. Climate change could expand forests. But will they cool the planet? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z These areas, like the savanna of Brazil and southeastern Australia, have vulnerable soil and heavy equipment—and they are the bread baskets of the world. Big tractors, now heavier than many dinosaurs, can damage deep soil 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z As on the savanna, this book’s lioness is partnered with a lion, an aging man whose deeply traumatic World War II service prepares him for the current struggle in ways he wishes it didn’t. Review: Why a new historical thriller on the Serengeti is better (sorry) than Agatha Christie 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The savanna’s slight trees provided little shade, but the heat didn’t matter given their mission. An Indigenous village works to save a Brazilian forest, seed by seed This shift not only ended Ghanaian control over trans-Saharan trade, it also brought new groups into the great Sudanese trading network of West Africa, notably the southern Soninke and Malinke-speakers of the savanna. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Recent research found that the Amazon is losing its ability to respond to climate change, pushing it closer to the point where large parts of the canopy would shift from rainforest to savanna. Millions of Trees Were Removed in 2021, Hurting Climate Goals 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Forest Service, and Kruger National Park in South Africa wanted to clarify how much carbon could be stored by planting trees in one particular kind of ecosystem: savannas. Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The world’s largest rainforest, already emitting more carbon dioxide than it can absorb, could reach a tipping point and turn into a savanna. Opinion | Bolsonaro Said His ‘Specialty Is Killing.’ He’s Been True to His Word. 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Conservation biologists call it the most biologically rich savanna in the world, with 5 percent of the world’s plant and animal species. An Indigenous village works to save a Brazilian forest, seed by seed More arid regions, such as the narrow transitional belts separating the savannas from Africa’s deserts, experience less rain and have less fertile soil, producing land that cannot be successfully farmed. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z If much more is lost, scientists warn, the forest could suffer destabilizing ecological changes that convert immense swaths into degraded open savanna. We traveled deep into the Amazon to investigate deforestation. A grisly discovery awaited us. When it comes to big tree-planting initiatives in savannas, "it seems somewhere between possible and likely that they don't sequester as much carbon as people have suggested that they do," she said. Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In Kenya and Brazil, rows of eucalyptus grow on land that was once ecologically rich forest and savanna. Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet. 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Baskets of fruits, seeds and herbs from the savanna await the expedition's return to the village. An Indigenous village works to save a Brazilian forest, seed by seed Africa has historically been home to a diverse range of climates and geographies, ranging from savannas and deserts to tropical rainforests and temperate zones. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z With enough time and forest losses, scientists say, large swaths of the Amazon could fall into an unstoppable spiral that would transform them from lush rainforest into grassy savanna. Amazon Rain Forest Nears Dangerous 'Tipping Point' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Experts say that afforestation, or planting trees where there wasn't forest before, like in a grassland or savanna, can create a host of problems, hurting water supplies and threatening plant and animal species. Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Forests might then decline and die off relatively quickly and become more like a savanna, with grasses and far fewer trees. Amazon Is Less Able to Recover From Droughts and Logging, Study Finds 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z More than half of the rainforest could be converted into savanna in a matter of decades — a transition that would imperil biodiversity, shift regional weather patterns and dramatically accelerate climate change. Satellite images show the Amazon rainforest is hurtling toward a ‘tipping point’ 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Unlike those areas, the savanna landscape encompasses snow-capped mountains, vast expanses of grassy plains dotted with trees, and marshy tropical areas. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Covered with tall grasses and dotted with trees, the savannas cover over 40 percent of the continent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Grasslands and savannas in South America, Africa and Asia and open shrub lands in Australia also saw an increase in the number of flammable nighttime hours. Wildfires are becoming more intense at night and lasting longer, study finds 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Not only would the loss of forest trees add the carbon stored in their tissues back into the atmosphere, savannas would also take up far less carbon than the large, broad-leafed trees they replaced. Amazon Is Less Able to Recover From Droughts and Logging, Study Finds 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The dark, dense, damp tropical rainforest will give way to a more open savanna. Satellite images show the Amazon rainforest is hurtling toward a ‘tipping point’ 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Geographers consider the savanna a region of transitions, with three successive belts running east–west: the Sahel, the tropical grassland savanna, and the woodland savanna. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In most years, however, the savannas support abundant agricultural production. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In parts of the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, by contrast, fire activity has declined over the past two decades, partly because drought has killed off more grass. Climate Scientists Warn of a ‘Global Wildfire Crisis’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The researchers looked at weather conditions during nearly 82,000 nighttime wildfires in landscapes ranging from savannas to tropical jungles to evergreen forests. Nights won’t save us from wildfires in a warming world 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Jaguars living in denser rainforests might also use different strategies, says Stasiukynas, who notes that all the observations in the new study were in savanna regions that only offer sparse riverside forests for cover. Mother jaguars may flirt to save their cubs’ lives 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The Sahel gradually gives way in the south to a grassland savanna carpeted by short grasses and studded by scattered trees. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As they moved eastward into the savannas, they adapted their techniques for herding goats and sheep to raising cattle. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That has fragmented the savannas, making it harder for wildfires to spread. Climate Scientists Warn of a ‘Global Wildfire Crisis’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Some of the biggest decreases in mild night weather came in grasslands and savannas in equatorial South America and Africa, grasslands across Asia, and Australia shrublands. Nights won’t save us from wildfires in a warming world 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The route passes through savanna, mangroves, and rainforest that house thousands of species, many of them endangered, including jaguars, tapirs, scarlet macaws, Yucatán black howler monkeys, and many species of bats. A controversial train heads for the Maya rainforest 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The most famous of all Africa’s tropical savannas is the Serengeti. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The areas that once had been savanna were becoming more desertlike. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They “evolved on the African savanna interacting with macro objects and macro fluids and biological animals” and tend not to transfer to the world of quantum mechanics. What Is Spacetime Really Made Of? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z When forests or savannas are converted to farm fields, large amounts of carbon that was stored in trees and soil is often lost to the atmosphere, accelerating climate change. Cropland has gobbled up over 1 million square kilometers of Earth’s surface 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In parts of the Southwest, juniper and oak savannas replace pine forests. Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Large herds of these animals are commonly seen in the savanna, none more spectacular than the wildebeests on their annual migration in East Africa. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Although rich in gold, West Africa’s savanna and forests lacked salt, a material essential to human life. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But, unlike their bigger savanna cousins that roam the plains of southern Africa in abundance, most forest elephants live in dense forests so counting them is painstaking work. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But, unlike their bigger savanna cousins that roam the plains of southern Africa in abundance, most forest elephants live in dense forests so counting them is painstaking work. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The sets are flashy and slick, shifting instantly midsong from shopping mall to savanna to classroom to bedroom. Review: Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’ musical comes to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z It is the driest part of the savanna and experiences rain only periodically during six months of the year. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z After a long journey, they reached the market towns of the savanna. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The team trudged through patches of savanna, thickets, densely wooded wetlands and rivers following elephant tracks marked by broken tree branches, old dung piles and footprints, looking for fresh dung. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The team trudged through patches of savanna, thickets, densely wooded wetlands and rivers following elephant tracks marked by broken tree branches, old dung piles and footprints, looking for fresh dung. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z They might even harm ecosystems by putting a lot of trees where they don’t belong, like in savannas and grasslands. How Bezos’ latest plan to protect forests could backfire 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Their migration comes to an end in early November, after months spent grazing in the savanna grasslands of the Masai Mara Reserve. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The city-states of the Hausa people first emerged between the years 1000 and 1200 in the savanna area east of Mali and Songhai in what is today northern Nigeria. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Counting forest elephants is a far bigger challenge than surveying plains-dwelling savanna elephants from the air. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Counting forest elephants is a far bigger challenge than surveying plains-dwelling savanna elephants from the air. Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z AFR100 “advocates actively against the conversion of natural ecosystems, like grasslands and savannas, into tree plantations,” a spokesperson said in an email to The Verge. How Bezos’ latest plan to protect forests could backfire 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The woodland savanna is the last of the belts separating the great northern desert from the equatorial rainforest. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Originally the Yoruba-speaking people belonged to a number of small city-states in the forests on the southern edge of the savanna in what is today Benin and southwestern Nigeria. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The savannas of Africa and South America, the steppes of Eurasia and the Pampas of South America are also in crisis. Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z They work with individuals rescued from habitat loss in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado savanna and Pantanal wetlands, all of which have suffered a surge of deforestation and fires in recent years. Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Widespread destruction of the jungle has sparked dryer, hotter weather, which could soon turn most of the Amazon into a savanna, dramatically altering weather patterns throughout South America. The Amazon is still burning. Can U.N. summit in Glasgow address such climate failures? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z And one of The Narrative’s weaknesses is an inability to deal with novel situations — as though the wildebeests, expecting to be galloping across wide-open savanna, somehow find themselves in a dense rainforest. Opinion | Take the Democrats-are-doomed narrative with a grain of salt 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Most people in Africa live on the savannas, or grassy plains. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “However,” he said, “grazing improvements have great potential to boost output per acre, which is vital to avoid clearing more forests and savannas.” Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z ORACLE, Ariz.—Opening the door to a glass pyramid, a visitor steps from the arid heat of Arizona into a coastal fog desert that stretches toward a savanna. Biosphere 2: The Once Infamous Live-In Terrarium Is Transforming Climate Research 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The International Union for Conservation of Nature recognized forest elephants as their own species, separate from Africa’s larger and more numerous savanna elephants, earlier this year. Reuniting an orphan elephant and her mom, perhaps, with DNA and luck 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Frequent fires, he said, are turning resource-rich rain forests into savannas. An Economic Lifeline in South America, the Paraná River, Is Shriveling 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z These ancient African empires arose in the Sahel, the savanna region just south of the Sahara. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a world away, the ecological and economic principles that propel these ranchers similarly guide Kenyan conservation groups working to reform the grazing practices of the pastoralist herders who trek the African savanna. Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z It was evidence that the surrounding area had once been verdant savanna. Opinion | While Israelis and Palestinians fight, climate change threatens the land 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Forest elephants live in smaller groups than savanna elephants, usually just a mother and her offspring. Reuniting an orphan elephant and her mom, perhaps, with DNA and luck 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z According to Bruderlein, the same is true in most of the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, the semi-arid belt of land that lies between the Sahara to the north and savannas to the south. Humanitarians Push to Vaccinate in Conflict Zones 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Some settled on the savannas, which had the best agricultural land. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time a totally new type of carnivorous plant was discovered was in 2012: Researchers found a species in the Brazilian savanna that catches tiny worms with special leaves that grow underground. This meat-eating plant is only a part-time killer 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Melott and Thomas went on to suggest that those supernova-induced forest fires may have pushed early humans out of the trees and onto the savanna, leading to bipedalism, larger brain size, and everything that followed. Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Our favorite prehistoric giants are often depicted roaming dry savannas or munching on tropical leaves. Tiny Fossils From Alaska Reveal Dinosaur Life in the Arctic 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z When wild areas, like forests or savannas, are eliminated, the species living there will migrate. Climate Change Could Fuel the Spread of a Flesh-Eating Parasite 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z When a male African savanna elephant folds his ears while simultaneously waving them, he’s ready for a fight. The First ‘Google Translate’ for Elephants Debuts 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z In late March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature formally divided African elephants into two distinct species, the savanna elephants described in the ethogram and the smaller, rarer and more elusive forest elephant. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Here, they evolved to produce the diversity of creatures for which today’s African savanna is famous. The rise and fall of the world’s largest lake 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z They suggest returning the mounds area to its original oak savanna landscape. Editorial Roundup: Iowa 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z But peering through a microscope in a germ-free laboratory couldn’t compare to what his wanderlust delivered to the naked eye in isolated jungles, deserts, mountaintops and savannas, and in jammed souks and camel markets. Geoff Crowther, 77, dies; guided travelers looking to get lost 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Hedwig studies communication in forest elephants in other parts of Africa, and the savanna elephant database will be “an extremely useful repository to draw comparisons between the two species,” she says. The First ‘Google Translate’ for Elephants Debuts 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Today Dr. Poole, 65, is a leading authority on the African savanna elephant, the largest land animal on the planet and one of the most cognitively and behaviorally complex. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The spread of agriculture chips away at grassy savannas, depriving animals of space and contact with others of their kind. See Stunning Collection of Portraits of Africa’s Most Endangered Wildlife 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The Swiss-based body’s latest survey said the savanna elephant was “endangered” and the much smaller, lighter forest elephant was “critically endangered” - its highest category before extinction in the wild. African elephants face growing risk of extinction - Red List 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The African forest elephant is critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant is endangered. Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In a study in the Journal for Nature Conservation, Comley and her colleagues report that trophic cascade-based conservation in African savannas may lead to unpredictable outcomes, due to the complex inter-species relationships among local biodiversity. Reintroducing predators doesn’t always rebalance ecosystems 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Their land is among the last protected forests and savanna left in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. There’s a global plan to conserve nature. Indigenous people could lead the way. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z “It’s as if you went to the savanna and saw nothing in size between a bat-eared fox and lion,” Schroeder says. Hungry teen dinosaurs crowded out their competitors 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z As of December 2020, more than 40 cemeteries are listed in the state’s Natural Areas Inventory for their high-quality prairie and savanna flora. Graveyards Are Surprising Hotspots for Biodiversity 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z So they looked at a proxy species that grows in the southern U.S.’s savanna habitats: Xyris laxifolia var. iridifolia, a perennial that looks similar to the Guyanese plants. This Flower Is Really a Fungus in Disguise 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The trophic cascade theory predicts that the large carnivores in the African savanna such as the lions should exert their influence on smaller species wherever they prowl. Reintroducing predators doesn’t always rebalance ecosystems 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Africa’s largest remaining herd of savanna elephants moves through it. Test drilling for oil and gas begins in Namibia’s Okavango region 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z After all, the creature belonged on the other side of the ocean, in the savannas and forests of sub-Saharan Africa. Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Now, with Brazil consumed by the coronavirus, the Amazon is inching closer to what scientists warn is a tipping point, when large swaths of rainforest will transform into arid savanna. Bolsonaro sent soldiers to the Amazon to curb deforestation. Here’s how the effort failed. 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Once the pandemic wanes, she intends to travel to Guyana’s tropical savannas to trap the fragrances produced by both Xyris and F. xyrophilum flowers and to track their insect guests. This Flower Is Really a Fungus in Disguise 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Betrayed and exiled from his kingdom, lion cub Simba must figure out how to grow up and take back his royal destiny on the plains of the African savanna. Movies on TV this week: 'The Dark Knight'; 'North by Northwest' 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z In the upcoming weeks, the newborn rhino will be introduced to his crash - or group of rhinos - on the theme park’s savanna. It’s a boy — a big boy. White rhino born at Disney World 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z In less than 20 years, it found that the northern Pantanal may turn into a savanna or even an arid zone. The world’s largest tropical wetland has become an inferno 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z They created 4,700 “artificial forest islands” — oases of trees and other plants — within savanna landscapes. Opinion | The Grandmother Trees 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z As a result, the Amazon may be not far from the tipping point when large portions of the forest turn into tropical savannas. Opinion | Amazon 4.0. How to Reinvent the Rainforest 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Last year, OTS put its Costa Rican undergraduate program on hold—only a South African program on savanna ecology continued. Costa Rica is producing a new corps of skilled tropical biologists. But many can’t find jobs at home 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Wagadu contains biomes based on African savannas, deserts, swamps, as well as the rainforest. The Wagadu Chronicles: the African fantasy MMO bringing roleplaying back to RPGs 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z About two-thirds of the forest would then begin an irreversible, decades-long decline into tropical savanna. AP finds Brazil’s plan to protect Amazon has opposite effect 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Now scientists warn the forest is lurching toward a tipping point, when deforestation will alter the forest’s ecology, turning large swaths into arid savanna. Last year’s Amazon fires stirred international outrage. This year’s dry season has started out worse. 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Turning it into a savanna would get us closer to an uninhabitable Earth. Opinion | Amazon 4.0. How to Reinvent the Rainforest 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The savanna’s creatures chewed their cud and chased their prey unperturbed by the rumble of jeep engines, the click of camera shutters and the whine of impatient human children. Coronavirus is crushing tourism — and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z At Festge County Park, between Cross Plains and Black Earth, about 50 acres of oak savanna are being restored within view of passing motorists on Highway 14. A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Botswana is home to around 130,000 savanna elephants, or about one-third of the world’s remaining population. 356 Elephants Died Suddenly. The Cause Is a Mystery. 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z “When they show the savanna, let them also show skyscrapers.” Beyoncé released a video celebrating ‘African tradition.’ Then came the backlash. 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z We built on their traditional knowledge, interest in environmental aspects, and connection to nature as they spent many years in the most remote parts of the jungle, forest, savannas, and mountains. A conservation scientist enlists Colombia’s ex-guerrillas in a new cause: preserving their country’s biodiversity 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z A cellphone video couldn’t convey how the savanna was coming alive with the grunts of other, unseen beasts, or how the scent of wildflowers rose off the plain. Coronavirus is crushing tourism — and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The restoration of the nearby oak savannas will only add to the park’s legacy and its place in Dane County’s history. A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Adichie was awarded Britain’s Orange Prize for her sophomore novel, a sweeping tale of her native Nigeria, a land of highland forests and flooded savannas. Around the world in 8 great novels for Memorial Day 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The lush volcanic forests of the park in eastern Congo are home to unparalleled biodiversity, including forest and savanna elephants and hundreds of bird species, along with the endangered mountain gorillas. 12 Rangers Among 17 Killed in Congo Park Ambush 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Buddha said “not to kill, not to make war,” the soldier said, looking out at the savanna. On the Road With the French Foreign Legion 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z The base of Dineobellator’s tail was also unusually dexterous, perhaps allowing it to dodge and weave with the movements of its prey, similar to cheetahs on today’s African savanna. Fossils Show Raptors Prowled North America Late in Dinosaurs’ Era 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Oak savannas were once prolific in this part of the state prior to white settlement. A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The iconic wildlife of the African savanna—zebras, gazelles, and other grazers—has for decades been under pressure from some unnatural rivals. Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z After linking football-field-size sections of longleaf pine savanna, a rare habitat in South Carolina, ecologists have seen the diversity of plant species balloon since 2000. Rocky Mountain animals will move as the climate changes. These corridors could give them a safer path. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But I half wanted to stay with the legionnaires, whose voyage through the savanna continued. On the Road With the French Foreign Legion 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z After several weeks of bonding, the mother and daughter will be introduced to the Kilimanjaro Safaris savanna. Zebra, porcupine recently born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z “What we’re trying to do is set back time because oak savannas are some of the most endangered habitat types that there are out there. We’re turning back the clock.” A return to the past with oak savannas in Dane County parks 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Cattle ranching, which has been intensifying across the savanna, can lead to overgrazing, eroding and impoverishing the soil and helping shrubs invade the grasslands. Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Solutions for low-growth systems—such as savannas, deserts, and heathlands—include creating large-scale conservation corridors and practicing deliberate and careful management. Save the insects, save ourselves: Researchers sound the alarm on bugpocalypse 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Raging fires in the Amazon threaten to turn the world’s most productive rainforest into a drier, less carbon-rich savanna. 2019 capped world’s hottest decade in recorded history 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Would doing the same to the forests and savannas of Africa be more or less invasive than using a gene drive to eliminate Anopheles mosquitoes? The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We? 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned experts warned Friday. Top scientists warn of an Amazon ‘tipping point’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In general, when livestock numbers in the savanna increase, wildlife numbers go down. Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Continued deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned experts warned Friday. Amazon rainforest ‘tipping point is here, it is now,’ top scientists say 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Fallen feathers may appear innocuous, but bugs in tropical Brazilian savannas should think twice about approaching them. Brazilian Ants Build Unusual Trap for Bugs 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The nature documentary joins the matriarch of the title and her group on their journey across the African savanna as a drought threatens the land and its many inhabitants. Review: ‘The Elephant Queen’ documentary delivers drama and emotion on African savanna 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z And where there is savanna, there is fire. More Grazing Leads to Fewer Fires in the Serengeti 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A new study based on a decades-long experiment that restored longleaf pine savanna in South Carolina found that fewer plants went extinct in connected habitats. Retrofitting busy highways to let wildlife travel safely, too 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z In its miniature savanna in the Bronx on Friday, a lion basked in both the sunshine and his newfound fame. At the Bronx Zoo, She Taunted a Lion. Now She’s Taunting Police. 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Researchers restored huge squares of native savanna in South Carolina, isolated within an ecologically monotone timber plantation. Daily briefing: 18-year study shows habitat corridors work 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Before the arrival of European settlers, longleaf pine savanna covered this land. Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Researchers focused on longleaf pine savanna, an ecosystem that used to exist across the southeastern United States. Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Gribel observes there are a few species in transitional areas between the closely packed Amazon forest and the more open savanna that developed a certain tolerance to occasional natural fire. Why Amazon Trees Are Especially Vulnerable to This Year’s Fires 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The master plan calls for future exhibits inspired by tropical Asia, new African exhibits for savanna animals and an improved children’s zoo focused on Texas habitats. Houston Zoo plans improvements, preps for 2022 centennial 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z According to Dr. Abatzoglou, the savanna ecosystems just north and south of Africa’s tropical rainforest burn fairly predictably every two to three years. The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A World of Fire 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Red-cockaded woodpeckers, gopher tortoises and other animals that are now rare or endangered once thrived in the savanna. Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z To study the effect of habitat corridors, the scientists created new fragments of savanna inside a large pine plantation in South Carolina and connected some of them with habitat corridors. Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Scientists warn that the rainforest could reach a tipping point, turning into something more like a savanna when it can no longer sustain itself as a rainforest. Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Experts say African fires mostly burn across savanna lands and on fields cultivated by small farmers. Africa is the ‘fire continent’ but blazes differ from Amazon 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Halfway around the world in central Africa, vast stretches of savanna are going up in flame. The Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia: A World of Fire 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z In 10 cases, they constructed corridors of savanna, 500 feet long by 80 feet wide, between the plots. Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Bluebirds, for example, prefer to forage in the grassland patches and corridors than the dense pine forest, so they transport more seeds between connected patches of savanna. Connecting fragmented pieces of habitat can help endangered species recover 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But scientists warn that deforestation is approaching a tipping point — between 20 percent and 25 percent — when the damage could be irreversible, and large swaths could transform into savanna. Amazon fires: Bolsonaro says he might accept G-7 offer to help fight fires if Macron apologizes - The Washington Post 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z If enough rainforest is lost and can’t be restored, the area will become savanna, which doesn’t store as much carbon and would mean a reduction in the planet’s “lung capacity.” Amazon rainforest fires: Here’s what’s really happening 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Forest elephants — the smaller, endangered relatives of African savanna elephants — promote the growth of large trees that excel at storing carbon, according to research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The Thick Gray Line: Forest Elephants Defend Against Climate Change 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A new study of herbivore social interactions in Kenya’s savanna suggests two things bring such grazers back together: rain and roaming wildebeest herds. Animal friendships change with the weather in African savanna 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In the Asian forests and savannas that are their natural habitat, wild tiger populations have plunged, leaving fewer than 4,000 of the majestic creatures slinking toward extinction. The trouble with tigers in America 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z But the City of Dubuque has joined a regional movement toward the restoration of the historic oak savanna, hoping to glean the benefits that the unique landscape provides. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Climbing to the top of the Urucum plateau, a shock of rust-red land thrust 1 kilometer above the Brazilian savanna, is a journey into Earth's deep past. Dinosaur-age landscapes lurk in Southern Hemisphere 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “The valley in its natural state resembled a rolling savanna not unlike the Serengeti,” writes Arax. Mark Arax’s ‘The Dreamt Land’ traces California’s fear of a handful of dust 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Research by geographer Mark Bonta, then at Pennsylvania State University, and his colleagues documents fire spreading by three species of raptors in Australian savannas. A Bit of Wildfire Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z A third exhibit, called “National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers,” allows visitors to learn about polar regions, oceans, rain forests, mountains, caves, and the African savanna. Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “The savanna there has clearly helped with erosion. I don’t know if that was part of the plan, but it has been a side benefit.” Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Rail cars with glass-fronted openings to the “savanna” include informational displays about threats facing lions in the wild, such as poaching and habitat loss, as well as efforts being done to save them. New African lion exhibit opens in New Orleans 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The DNA of savanna wild yams was fairly similar, but the forest wild yams split into two groups, one centered in Cameroon and another much farther west. Plant studies show where Africa's early farmers tamed some of the continent's key crops 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z On Lake Michigan, one adaptation planner trying to help the Karner blue butterfly survive is considering creating an oak savanna well to the north, and moving the butterflies there. Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z An intensely variable and cooling climate transformed vast swaths of rainforest into mosaics of grassland and savanna. Fat, Not Meat, May Have Led to Bigger Hominin Brains 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z At Mineral Point, the savannas also serve as a learning opportunity. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Its demand for soya is a major driver of deforestation of the Amazon and Brazilian savanna. Can the world quench China’s bottomless thirst for milk? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z They found the sloth lived in a savanna, not a forest, and lived through long, dry seasons. Giant sloth’s 27,000-year-old fossils reveal conditions before extinction, research shows 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Karner blues inhabit only pine barrens and oak savannas, rare habitats of wildflowers and grasses interspersed with trees, that occur in poor, sandy soil deposited by ice age glaciers. Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Instead, it happened in the desperately poor Amazonian savanna near Brazil. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó arrives in Colombia, defying travel ban and risking arrest upon return 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The banner is a life-sized portrait of a coupled big bluestem and leadplant root system - both regulars in the oak savanna. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Would that we all could return to the rhythms of a more civilized time, when we weren’t scanning the savanna for mortal threats every 30 seconds. Opinion | Our Brains Aren’t Designed to Handle the Trump Era 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Bongo’s actions to protect his nation’s relatively untouched forests, savannas and coastlines, all teeming with wildlife, earned praise from conservationists. Coup Attempt in Gabon Is Thwarted, Government Says 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The equatorial jungle is bounded to the north and south by tropical savannas, where most live as farmers. Congo’s election may not be fair, but its rural poor still hope it will bring change 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z When the herds recovered, however, more carbon was recycled and kept in the landscape, turning the savanna back to a carbon sink. The Wooly Mammoth Lumbers Back into View 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Dubuque is by no means the first community in the region to try an oak savanna restoration. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Roughly two million to three million years ago, a primate moved from the forest to the savanna. Simple Genetic Mutation Helped Humans Become Endurance Runners 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Some anxiousness, of course, is natural to a species whose ancestors were hunted on the savanna. Opinion | A Christmas message: Fear not 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Soon after, the zoo would build the African savanna exhibit. After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer Harmony Frazier plans her retirement, and preps her replacements 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z And that was how it was: days and nights in the long, narrow house surrounded by sea, stones, thistles, poppies, and barren moors reminiscent of West African savannas. “Time for the Eyes to Adjust” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z According to Iowa Department of Natural Resources forester Joe Herring, Iowa’s Wildlife Action Plan identifies 53 species of “great conservation need” that depend on oak savannas or similar habitats. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The crackdown has provoked an international backlash that has seen hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and investments frozen or withdrawn from the country known for its turquoise waters and lion-filled savannas. Behind the Curtain: In Tanzania, a Crackdown Sends LGBT People Into Hiding 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “These hominins were encountering things in Arabia that were quite similar to what we think of in the East African savanna today,” said Dr. Roberts. When Human Relatives First Visited a Green Arabian Peninsula 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z As we rode in from the airport, a skyline awash in white arose from the red savanna. How Brasília Turned Me On to Modern Architecture’s Sexy Side 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Away from the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savanna is the heart of agricultural production in Brazil. Is the Amazon facing new dangers? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Hay said the Mineral Point schools have started to attract tourists interested in seeing the oak savannas and the rich biodiversity there. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The area is split between Pottawattamie and Mills counties and features hills, oak savanna and pockets of prairie. Iowa conservation groups partner on nature area project 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Fossils from long-extinct elephants, antelope and jaguars paint a prehistoric scene not of a barren wasteland, but of a flourishing savanna sprinkled with watering holes. When Human Relatives First Visited a Green Arabian Peninsula 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Hippos, too, help reverse the leaching of nutrients from the savanna in Africa. This diving, pooping moose is saving its ecosystem—for now 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z “We’re trying to recreate the old black oak savanna,” Anderson said. Old Army depot now teems with wildlife in Iowa 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z “During the referendum, one of the reasons brought up to not move the school was its proximity to the oak savanna,” Hay said. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z He also discussed plans for a 200-300 room hotel overlooking a grassy area that mirrors an African savanna. Wichita zoo unveils ambitious 25-year plan 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “As the savanna expanded, so did humans of this period,” said Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany and an author on the paper. When Human Relatives First Visited a Green Arabian Peninsula 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Sycamore Canyon in Point Mugu State Park boasts dozens of miles of hiking and biking trails in what the state park system calls the finest example of sycamore savanna in California. Hike Point Mugu State Park's Sycamore Canyon — to stunning ocean views 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Modern hyenas break down skeletal matter much faster than microbes do and leave nutrients such as calcium scattered across the savanna in their chalky, white feces. "Bone-Crushing" Dogs Left Evidence in Their Poop 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Through his hard work and an eager workforce of faculty and students, two such savannas now exist. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Located in an isolated savanna in the center of the country, Atapirire is the only town in an area the government says is brimming with 5 billion barrels of petroleum. Special Report: In Venezuela, new cryptocurrency is nowhere to be... 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The largest savanna in South America, the Cerrado is a vital storehouse for carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas whose rising emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation are warming the world’s atmosphere. Special Report: Appetite for destruction - Soy boom devours... 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z They show a zebra, an elephant, a lion, a giraffe and a gorilla roaming free side-by-side in a natural habitat, a sweeping savanna with trees in the distance. In a victory for PETA, animal crackers roam free 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Make sure to look around you: The carousel is divided into different “habitats,” such as savanna or forest, and the panels overhead show birds that migrate to or from those areas. 5 wonderful carousels that are fun for kids — and adults 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z “The Mineral Point community foundation has a fund specifically created for the oak savanna. The teachers apply for a grant, and they can do different projects.” Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, and the Cerrado, South America’s biggest savanna, soak up vast amounts of carbon dioxide and their preservation is seen as vital to the fight against climate change. Brazil cuts deforestation emissions below 2020 targets 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Wildlife, too, is under threat, including rare hyacinth macaws, maned wolves and jaguars that call the shrinking savanna home. Special Report: Appetite for destruction - Soy boom devours... 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The Science article pointed to an expansion of agriculture production in savannas and grasslands, resulting in a roughly 25 percent decrease in global burned area “despite the influence of climate.” Climate change not seen increasing wildfires, study shows 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Nature documentaries to the contrary, the modern African savanna is not a homogenous ecosystem with the same species or proportions of species everywhere you go. The Jurassic's Big 5 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z On May 20, about 50 elementary students and their mentors returned to the savanna with their young sprouts to plant them. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Found in savanna regions of Africa, Madagascar and Australia, the trees form a very thick and wide trunk and mainly branch high above the ground. Africa’s most famous trees are dying, and scientists suspect a changing climate 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Cedar Creek director David Tilman says the bison program is part of a larger initiative to restore the oak savanna ecosystem. University of Minnesota hope bison herd will help ecosystem 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z In a mock takedown, recruits were slinking through the savanna carrying automatic weapons before pouncing on a poacher and arresting him. As Tigers Become Rarer, Poachers Are Targeting Lions 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z If we can reframe what we mean by the term perhaps we can better appreciate the full view of the Jurassic savanna. The Jurassic's Big 5 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Any project of this scope comes with challenges, especially because the world is a different place than it was when savannas began to disappear. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Human beings evolved to live on the savanna, and our minds are poorly suited to the modern world. Will Starbucks' Anti-Bias Training Be Effective? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Millions of years ago, our apelike ancestors gradually moved from woodlands to savannas and began walking upright at some point. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Oak savanna is now one of the rarest ecosystems on our planet. Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z She promoted the conservation of rhinos, antelope, buffalo, giraffes and most other animals of the East African savanna. Daphne Sheldrick, who created an elephant orphanage in Kenya, dies at 83 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z And the native understory vegetation needs time to develop before it can face the fire that the savanna will need eventually. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z For instance, in the savanna we lived in small tribal units. Will Starbucks' Anti-Bias Training Be Effective? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Many of the chimps had produced high levels of cortisol, indicating that life on the savanna could be very stressful. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Prairies, oak woods, savannas and wetlands all evolved with fire; it’s part of their makeup. Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The examples included Indian star tortoises from Jordan; red-eyed tree frogs from Nicaragua; and savanna monitors from Ghana and Togo. That Python in the Pet Store? It May Have Been Snatched From the Wild 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z That will be Dubuque’s contracted consultants’ job over the next several months - devising a way to return the savanna to these sites without unintended consequences. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z At the time, this was not a desert; it was a green belt of savannas, woodlands, lakes and rivers. How One Child’s Sickle Cell Mutation Helped Protect the World From Malaria 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And their creatinine levels were also high, evidence that the heat of the savanna caused them to become dehydrated. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z His coal-black mane proclaimed his status as the undisputed king of this part of the savanna. Exclusive: An Inside Look at Cecil the Lion’s Final Hours 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Scientists are trying to learn more about the diverse and unique environment, where jaguars and margays roam the savanna and jungles, and river dolphins swim in the Guayabero River. Scientists fear for Colombia’s ‘Melted Rainbow’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And at the end of this process, some of the manicured lawns at Eagle Point and the dense, shady woodlands at Four Mounds will be replaced by savanna. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Giraffes are savanna specialists, Helm and colleagues write, and the geologic evidence of the surrounding area suggests that what’s now the coast looked quite different during the time the giraffe walked over the dunes. Follow That Giraffe 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Over millions of years, Africa’s rain forests retreated into patchworks, as savannas expanded. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Fire has long been a central land management tool for Aboriginal people; carefully controlled burns shaped forests and savannas for hunting and agriculture. In Australia, Arsonists May Have Wings 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The anecdotes, compiled in a recent study published in the Journal of Ethnobiology, may lead some to rethink how fires spread through tropical savannas like those in northern Australia. Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z In Mineral Point, though, the savanna became so beloved it was the sticking point in a debate around possibly building a new elementary school elsewhere. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Ostrich are native to a natural savanna environment, and the Redmond farm is very close to their natural habitat. Redmond farm breeding ostriches to sell their meat 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z On the savanna, Ms. Wessling would have to wait until a chimpanzee ambled away from where it had urinated. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Jensen proposed the concept of not just restoring the pine barrens but the entire continuum of the site, from barrens to sand prairie to jack-pine savannas to oak woodlands. Golf Digest's Best New Course of 2017: Sand Valley - Golf Digest 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z According to co-author Bob Gosford, an Australian indigenous-rights lawyer and ornithologist, these birds of prey thrive in wildfires, soaring and perching near the fire fronts that rage in Australia’s tropical savannas. Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The community saw the need, but doing so would move the students away from the savanna they helped restore. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z According to the landmark Great Elephant Census, there are now only 350,000 African savanna elephants left in the wild—down 30 percent in seven years. The True Cost of a Dead Elephant 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The sparse populations of chimpanzees that live on savannas in western and central Africa are far less understood. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Such spectacles are familiar on African savannas, where elephants are more numerous and poachers have stalked their ivory for decades. Asian Elephants Are Now Being Killed for Their Skin 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Each year, up to 75 percent of Earth’s tropical savannas burn—accounting for about half of the biomass that burns each year worldwide, according to one 2015 review. Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Experts still use this catalog of species as the basis for oak savanna education today. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Secondly, rangeland in Africa constitutes nearly 43 percent of the continent and this is where the savanna grassland ecosystem is located. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Surveying Fongoli, Dr. Pruetz decided it would be a good place to observe the differences between chimpanzee life on a savanna compared to forests. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Its colors were most effective in open prairies or savannas and less effective in wooded regions. Check out this feathered dinosaur with a raccoon-like bandit mask 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The Congo Basin is home to forest elephants, which are smaller than savanna elephants. In the Congo, Ivory Traders Exploit More Than Elephants 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Both lost the savanna’s unique ability to hold water in the soil and direct it downward. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z A major underlying reason behind savanna grassland healthy soils is the fact that over the years, the land has not been disturbed. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z And while forest chimpanzees are active throughout the day, Dr. Pruetz found that the savanna chimpanzees rest for five to seven hours. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In the mid-1970s, according to the World Wildlife Fund, nearly 110,000 elephants roamed the savannas, wetlands, and forests of Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania’s oldest and largest protected area and a World Heritage Site. The murder of a beloved anti-poaching crusader steels the resolve of fellow conservationists 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Our brains evolved to understand how to survive in a hunter–gatherer way of life on the African savanna—understand the behavior of an extremely narrow range of medium-sized objects travelling at medium velocities. Richard Dawkins Offers Advice for Donald Trump, and Other Wisdom 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z That includes southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, all but the northwest corner of Iowa, and up into Minnesota where oak savannas dominated. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The grasses growing in Africa’s savanna nurture an entire world of creatures including worms, insects, fungi and bacteria that in return feed and protect the plants. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z On the savanna, walking tall might mean walking cool. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z A lion curiously strolling through the savanna may tread a little more lightly the next time it encounters a hippopotamus. Watch What Happens When a Lion Startles a Hippo 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The wildebeest migration is the world’s most massive animal movement: 1.2 million animals cross the savanna in an 1800-kilometer circuit between Kenya and Tanzania as they follow the rains. Every year, thousands of drowned wildebeest feed this African ecosystem 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “Fire would go through the savanna, but oak is fire-resistant. The other tree species couldn’t take it as well.” Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z But we see there are many benefits to leaving Africa’s savanna grasslands intact and not developing them. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Call it Noah’s Ark on lorries: on Sunday, dozens of trucks rolled over the Zimbabwe savanna carrying elephants, giraffe, African buffalo, zebras, and numerous other large iconic mammals. Rewilding Mozambique – funded in part by trophy hunting 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Abungu and the other visiting experts managed to fly over herds of wild elephants crossing South Sudan’s savannas and to drive across stretches of uninhabited wetland in other parts of the country. Massacre Survivors Cling to Life in Giant Swamp 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Instead it cut the park’s area by more than half, from 965 to a 433-square-mile, with much of its savanna land reallocated for farms and grazing. Triumphant Rhino Transfer Ends in Tragic Conservator Death 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Oak savannas also were a great food source and regular grazing ground for species such as bison and deer. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z First and foremost, the savannas can help solve the climate change problem that’s caused an increase in temperature and erratic weather, resulting to disasters such as floods and droughts. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Animals that roamed the East African savanna, including gazelles, wildebeest and lions, also lived near Jebel Irhoud, suggesting that these environments were once linked. Oldest Homo sapiens fossil claim rewrites our species' history 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z On a tree-speckled savanna in what’s now Morocco, a group of early humans once huddled near a fire, their stone tools scattered around their campsite. These Early Humans Lived 300,000 Years Ago—But Had Modern Faces 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z They could make fires and craft complex weapons, such as wooden handled spears, needed to kill gazelle and other animals that grazed the savanna that covered the Sahara 300,000 years ago. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Restoring the oak savanna to Four Mounds complements the ongoing historic preservation of the site. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z And someday, the zoo plans to open an African savanna and forest complete with lions, cheetahs, hippos, gorillas and possibly even elephants again. Nashville Zoo adds $13M veterinary medical center 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Then, a fiery plane crash, survived by running five miles through the savanna and fording a river known for its population of nasty crocodiles, all with burns over 45 percent of his body. Burned bush pilot raising money to bring IU doctors to Kenya 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The species is usually found in dry savanna zones in sub-Saharan Africa. Giraffe at Seattle zoo likely to give birth within a week 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z It was roughly the size of a female chimp and dwelled in a relatively dry mixed woodland-grassland environment, similar to today's African savanna, alongside antelopes, giraffes, rhinos, elephants, hyenas and warthogs. Fossils cast doubt on human lineage originating in Africa 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z When Europeans began extinguishing those blazes, those other tree varieties - fed by the torrent of light allowed through the savanna’s open canopy - grew up quickly and began to compete with the oaks. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The plans for the giant African savanna include a boat ride to allow visitors a view of the entire exhibit. Nashville Zoo adds $13M veterinary medical center 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z She says the Amboy preservation areas include savannas, prairie and meadows that are home to an estimated 197 species of birds and more than 400 plant species. Illinois Audubon Society to open new wildlife sanctuary 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It is home to the last known wild population of the northern white rhinoceros, the rare Kordofan giraffes, and elephants – both forest elephants and savanna elephants as well as a hybrid of the two. Two wildlife rangers killed by poachers in DRC 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The species is usually found in dry savanna zones south of Africa's Sahara desert. Long-awaited giraffe born in New York zoo to global audience's delight 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z But leaders there have been steering toward savanna restoration for years. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z One contained higher, more complex agriculturalists, which probably transported their fungus with them to dry or seasonably dry climates like deserts or savannas. How Ants Figured Out Farming Millions of Years Before Humans 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The African savanna elephant holds the prize for largest living terrestrial animal, and now it apparently just set another land record: the longest distance mover of seeds. ‘This is amazing!’ African elephants may transport seeds farther than any other land animal 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The dioramas will be arranged to reflect the state’s major habitats, including North Woods, prairies and savannas, and Big Woods Big Rivers. Bell Museum reveals oddities amid move 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The die-offs are also bad news for the rest of us—more savanna means fewer trees are absorbing carbon dioxide, one of the major greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. There’s a strange tree-killer on the loose in the Amazon: logjams 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z While grasses make up most of an oak savanna, they need to be left alone to develop those roots. Dubuque starts efforts to restore historic oak savanna 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z It emerged on the savannas of Africa, and has to be understood in that context. Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “The implication is that elephants are absolutely critical to the integrity of these African savanna ecosystems.” ‘This is amazing!’ African elephants may transport seeds farther than any other land animal 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Out there on the savanna, it’s gang warfare, pack versus herd. Finding My Donkey’s Pack 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z If lions are king of the savanna, woodpeckers are probably king of your backyard. Who’s the toughest bird? Continentwide ranking reveals a surprise 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In the Kenyan town of Kajiado, on the edge of the savanna south of Nairobi, a bar at the Empuet Resort showed the inaugural ceremonies on television. Fear, concern but also Champagne — the world reacts to Donald Trump's inauguration 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z More than a dozen African species live together in a big field the Columbus Zoo calls a savanna to mimic the real one in Africa. How Zoo Animals Learn to Help Take Care of Themselves 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z It also drowned the wooded savanna between Gorham’s and the former coastline — where, presumably, the Neanderthals had spent an even larger share of their lives and left even more artifacts. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Or like a Miami Beach on the savannas of Brazil? The Fading Art Deco Dreams of Brazil’s Heartland 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The sub-Saharan savanna was represented by an island in a fjord that Tybjerg described as “about the size of a tennis court.” Killing Animals at the Zoo 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—Whether on an African savanna or a feedlot in Texas, mammals are plagued by myriad insect pests: mosquitoes with malaria parasites, tsetse flies spreading African sleeping sickness, horseflies transmitting rinderpest. Watch a zebra turn its tail into a surprisingly effective fly swatter 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Some of the animals are so well trained that they start lining up as soon as they see the keepers’ vehicle pull into the savanna. How Zoo Animals Learn to Help Take Care of Themselves 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Both apps let you alter the surrounding environment as well, placing your virtual screen anywhere from a calming savanna to a crackling campfire. I tried to work all day in a VR headset and it was horrible 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Homo sapiens spent thousands of years in close-knit communities competing for scarce resources on the African savanna. The Roots of Implicit Bias 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Found primarily in the state in Marquette County, these glades consist of open forested or savanna communities where knobs of granitic bedrock types are exposed at the surface. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Ground-nesting birds, such as savanna sparrows, also are vulnerable to disturbance, he noted. New plans for young Capehart Forest, where there once was asphalt 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Their closed, three-acre compound encompassed five biomes – rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean and marsh – to sustain them over two years. TC Boyle: 'America is going to be like The Road … We'll be eating each other' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The list includes large carnivores that help control populations of plant eaters like antelope who would otherwise overconsume the savanna’s grasses. People are hunting primates, bats, and other mammals to extinction 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z |
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