| 单词 | savannah |
| 例句 | In the savannahs and forests they inhabited, high-calorie sweets were extremely rare and food in general was in short supply. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing up, it’s easier to scan the savannah for game or enemies, and arms that are unnecessary for locomotion are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signalling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Today we may be living in high-rise apartments with over-stuffed refrigerators, but our DNA still thinks we are in the savannah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Homo sapiens, whose body was adapted to living in the African savannah rather than in the lands of snow and ice, devised ingenious solutions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty million years ago, our immediate ancestors probably still lived in the trees, later descending because the forests receded during a major ice age and were replaced by grassy savannahs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s hardly a foregone conclusion that this is a good strategy for survival on the savannah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Having so recently been one of the underdogs of the savannah, we are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel and dangerous. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z All that remained of the original concept was a savannah palette of orange, brown and yellow. Design Notebook: Your Chair, Mr. Aalto. Yes, It Now Has Eyes. 2011-06-29T22:29:21Z This week’s movie, “African Cats,” centers on cheetahs, lions and their young on the Kenyan savannah, with narration by a human who’s a pretty cool cat himself: Samuel L. Jackson. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z I strapped a headlamp to my forehead and gazed up at the last trail we’d ascend, a series of switchbacks culminating at the peak, nearly 20,000 feet above the savannah of Tanzania. My terrifying Kilimanjaro climb: How I expanded my limits, but almost lost my mind 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The Amazon could be turned into savannah or even desert. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z As I gazed across the misty grasslands of the wide savannah there it was, grazing happily. Read the winner of the 247 tale competition 2011-08-29T00:25:55Z This book provides the very information, from the scorching savannah to the petrifying poles and the frightening forests to the odious oceans and rapid rivers. Not for parents: How to be a World Explorer by Lonely Planet - review 2012-11-26T09:00:00Z People will hike naked through the savannah, marry a complete stranger, get blindly wasted on a summer’s day on the Jersey Shore, all for the eye of the camera. Bruce Jenner and the Modern American Family 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z “All of a sudden, this community I’d lived in for 13 years became this spare and mean savannah,” she said. Cultural Studies: How Divorce Lost Its Groove 2011-06-17T20:02:52Z Here are some numbers, galloping across the savannah, about the already-popular exhibition: Smithsonian exhibition offers glimpses of Africa’s mighty wildlife 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The open savannah and lakes here offer a protected nursery for thousands of waterfowl which nest here en route from Africa, Europe and southern Asia to Siberia. New Natural Wonders 2010-10-29T16:00:00Z Our brains are designed to do that; that’s how we survived on the savannah 50,000 years ago, and it’s how we survive in the globalized urban jungles of the 21st century. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z One day that lion is loaded on to a truck and released in the vast savannahs of Africa. Why Saab Couldn't Be Saved 2011-12-19T17:38:01Z But gradually the on-screen drama takes over; the savannah is not only mesmerizingly beautiful, it is also the juice’s destination. Art in Review: MIKA ROTTENBERG AND JON KESSLER: ?Seven? 2011-11-10T22:55:17Z A year of Tunisia's sand dunes are compressed into 14 seconds, Kalahari's thousands of mystery circles wow from the sky and lightning transforms savannah into walls of fire. Africa express 2013-02-06T12:29:01Z THE studio of the sculptor De Wain Valentine sits here anonymously amid 1970s-era shopping strips deep in the suburban savannah south of Los Angeles, sharing a parking lot with a dental ceramics manufacturer. The New Season: De Wain Valentine at Pacific Standard Time in California 2011-09-18T04:00:09Z To be truly legible, there must be elements that help us find our way, like the clumps of trees in the African savannahs of our origin. How architecture shapes our cities - and our lives 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z “The game ... that we wrote was about people walking around the savannah of Africa,” Valdez said. Keeping it real: a behind-the-scenes look at 'The Lion King' visual effects 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z His fetlocks puffed from galloping, his tail curled upward From the joy of feeling fleet across the tinted grasslands And the gold savannahs there. Our Year in Poems 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Sant’Antioco is the antithesis of that celebrity playground: a tranquil backwater, with two quaint ports, a smattering of ruins dating back to pre-Roman times, sweeping Mediterranean savannah, the region’s most unspoiled beaches, and little else. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z As we bumped back to Dadanawa ranch from our excursion on the savannah, I turned to one of our guides to ask if she finds it frustrating that so few people visit her country. 2010-02-06T04:52:00Z On the bottom half is a long shot of three African children walking across a savannah; and in the middle, the tag line “Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.” Review: Out of Africa (and Kansas City) Comes The Good Lie 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z As the sun started to set, we trudged back to camp, exhausted, ready to turn in as the immense savannah sky filled with stars. 2010-02-06T04:52:00Z Hidden in the foothills of the Andes, the town of Villavicencio serves as the gateway to the savannah and a good base for exploring the region. Summer Travel 2014: Escape From Your Business Trip 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The grasslands and savannahs show the highest prevalence among African habitats, whereas forested habitats were more prominent in Eurasia making the range of different habitats wider in Eurasia. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Hunting at different times of the day is one long-evolved strategy to reduce encounters between the multiple predator species that share northern Botswana’s mixed savannah and forest landscape. Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change may up conflicts among Africa’s big cats. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "I think the pervasiveness of the fear throughout the savannah mammal community is a real testament to the environmental impact that humans have," says Zanette. Fear of humans pervades the South African savanna 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z And tropical grasslands and savannahs are already carbon sinks. Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z You're going to be on the savannah, and a lion is going to bite off your head. Anxiety and panic attacks are normal reactions to a chaotic world. So why do we pretend otherwise? 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Although the analysis shows that grasslands and savannahs were important components of early human habitats, it places humans into a wide spectrum of environments, and in many cases environments with varied vegetation composition. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Some scientists fear that if deforestation continues, the rainforest could reach a point beyond which it cannot recover and would become a grassy savannah. Amazon deforestation continues to plummet 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Some scientists say that when 20% to 25% of the forest is destroyed, rainfall will dramatically decline, transforming more than half of the rainforest to tropical savannah, with immense biodiversity loss. Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change, urge action from industrialized world 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z When intact, tropical grasslands and savannahs store large quantities of carbon below ground. Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The resulting decline in rainfall would transform more than half of the Amazon to tropical savannah, with immense biodiversity loss. Eight Amazon rainforest countries open summit in Belem, Brazil 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The origins of human genus have long been associated with savannah and grassland environments of Africa. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The resulting decline in rainfall would transform more than half of the Amazon to tropical savannah, with great biodiversity loss, they said. Governments are gathering to talk about the Amazon rainforest. Why is it so important to protect? 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z “Most savannah grasslands continue to be classified as wastelands and that needs to change,” Vanak said. As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z He describes it as "like a marine equivalent of a savannah" with large green blades, providing fantastic habitats for marine wildlife. Seagrass from Orkney regenerates Firth of Forth 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Otherwise-tropical areas can experience drying, causing rivers to disappear, lakes to turn into swamps, jungles into savannahs, and grasslands into deserts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Different from other reserves in the Brazilian Amazon, Raposa Serra do Sol is mostly tropical savannah. Lula meets with Indigenous in Brazil’s Amazon, pledges lands 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z "Oldowan technology was like suddenly evolving a brand new set of teeth outside your body, and it opened up a new variety of foods on the African savannah to our ancestors." Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z This would trigger an irreversible process of dieback that could turn the forest into a savannah in a matter of decades. Brazil’s new president faces "scorched earth scenario" left behind by Bolsonaro 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z How to better protect fragile ecosystems from a warming climate, including Kenya’s savannah grasslands, will form part of discussions at this week’s United Nations biodiversity conference — known as COP15 — in Montreal in Canada. Officials talk biodiversity as drought stunts Kenya wildlife 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z For example, sorghum and millet grew on the savannah, and rice flourished in the Gambia valley and around the upper Niger floodplain. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They grow in the African savannah and some tropical areas and the baobab is said to be the longest-living flowering tree on Earth. Kenya bans 'biopiracy' export of lucrative baobabs 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z There are just over 7,900 elephants left in the wild in Uganda - these include both forest and savannah elephants. Ugandan ivory trader sentenced to life in prison 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, sign language interpreters began accompanying groups of deaf visitors aboard the bus and trails that take them across an enclosed plain designed to imitate the African savannah. Cuban zoo helps deaf visitors experience the wild 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Since then there have been efforts to reintroduce these cats to India’s savannahs. Cheetahs from South Africa go to parks in India, Mozambique 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The Cerrado savannah, where Brazilian farmers grow soybeans and corn for export markets and local consumption, is being destroyed faster than the neighboring Amazon rainforest, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature. Brazil's CBA, Reservas Votorantim issue first carbon credits from Cerrado biome 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z However, in African savannahs the number of wildfires decreased over the same period, because of land use changes, including the expansion of farming. Heatwave: Are wildfires happening more often? 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Forest elephants are categorised as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and savannah elephants are listed as endangered. Ugandan ivory trader sentenced to life in prison 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Forest elephants are smaller than their cousins on the African savannah, but in Gabon their destructive raids of farmers' fields are having an outsized impact on support for the government and its conservation agenda. As Europe bakes in heatwave, wildfires rage from Portugal to Croatia 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Amazon deforestation has hit a 15-year high, and some climate experts warn the destruction is pushing the biome near a tipping point, after which it will begin irreversible degradation into tropical savannah. After writer’s murder in the Amazon, can his vision survive? 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Worse, that could push past a tipping point in which much of the forest will begin an irreversible process of degradation into tropical savannah. Brazilian groups want direct access to U.S. forest funding 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Large swathes could become sparsely forested savannah, which is much less efficient than tropical forest at sucking carbon dioxide from the air. Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Unlike many reserves in the Brazilian Amazon featuring lush rainforest, Raposa Serra do Sol is mostly tropical savannah. Tarnished Gold: Illegal mining stokes Indigenous divisions 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Nairobi straddles forests to the west and savannah grasslands to the east, with three rivers running through it. Kenya tree felling sparks anger over Nairobi's new highway 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But some scientists warn that if enough of the forest is destroyed, it could cross a tipping point, dry out and turn into savannah. Brazil's Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high, undercutting government pledge 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z He added, however, that the law needs to be strengthened as it leaves out natural ecosystems such as savannahs, wetlands and peatlands and fails to target rubber, which is a major forest-risk commodity. EU proposes law curbing import of goods linked to deforestation 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “Nature” explains how “The Elephant and the Termite” work together to create life-sustaining watering holes on the African savannah in this new episode. What to watch on TV: ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Narcos: Mexico,’ the World Series and more 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Now the scientists are studying what more tuskless elephants means for the species and its savannah environment. Why no tusks? Poaching tips scales of elephant evolution 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The harsh brutality of the animal kingdom played out on the African savannah. Maasai Mara safari overcrowding stresses Kenyan wildlife 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “Flowing rivers and lakes, surrounded by grasslands and savannah, would have attracted animals and then the early humans that were in pursuit of them,” Petraglia said. Prehistoric Arabia was actually lush and green, drew early humans from Africa 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Flowing rivers and lakes, surrounded by grasslands and savannah, would have attracted animals and then the early humans that were in pursuit of them,” said Petraglia. Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Her husband was a guide, taking American tourists to a region of tropical rainforest, pine savannah and marsh called La Mosquitia, or whitewater rafting on the Cangrejal River. Families separated at Mexico border build new American life 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z While they're busy hunting legitimate developers down for their pound of flesh, they're letting these hyaenas strive on the savannah unopposed. Apple’s App Store is hosting multi-million dollar scams, says this iOS developer 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Southern white rhinos lived in the open savannah. The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Wildlife experts with the nonprofit group World Animal Protection and two private rescue organizations agreed to provide homes for the remaining six kittens and Tigger the savannah cat. The black-market trade in wildlife has moved online, and the deluge is 'dizzying' 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z It took just a few decades for Brazilian agriculture to transform its tropical savannah hinterlands – the Cerrado – into an agricultural powerhouse. The Cerrado: how Brazil’s vital ‘water tank’ went from forest to soy fields 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z A patch of scrubby savannah separates them, until the first animals run forward. Female banded mongooses lead battle for chance to find mates 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Grasslands, shrublands, savannahs, woodlands and forests represent a series of gradations in tree and shrub density, from ecosystems with low-density, low-stature woody plants to those with taller trees and overlapping canopies. Satellites could soon map every tree on Earth 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z As much as 40% of the Brazilian Amazon is nearing the tipping point of turning from forest into savannah. 'Total destruction': why fires are tearing across South America 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Rainforests support a vastly greater range of species than savannah and play a much greater role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Tropical savannahs and grasslands lost the most area to human pressure, the study, published in the journal One Earth, found. 'Shocking': wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z This is the first such study of African savannah elephants. Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The virus is spread by the rodent Mastomys natalensis, which was widespread in Africa’s savannahs and forests but now colonises homes and farms, passing on the disease to humans. Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Firefighters across Brazil are battling raging towers of flames from the Amazon rainforest to the Cerrado savannah, but the fires beneath their feet are a particular challenge in the Pantanal. Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In the vast tropical savannahs and arid grasslands, fire mapping relies on satellite assessments. Wildfires: Australia needs national monitoring agency 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z “The tropics are under particular pressure, and it’s not just forest destruction but also the loss of other habitat types, such as tropical savannahs and native grasslands, that are occurring apace.” 'Shocking': wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z To be able to do that in the same package that lets you look for animals while flying over the African savannah is something special. How Microsoft Flight Simulator returned to the skies 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Instead, they were planted in harsh, sandy soil in the dry savannah that breaks up the forest. 'Either we change or we die': the radical farming project in the Amazon 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z They are found in towns and cities as well as in the savannah, where again they perform the vital role of the clean-up squad. The vultures aren't hovering over Africa – and that's bad news 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Lockdowns also have derailed the eco-tourism that funds many environmental projects, from South America’s rainforests to Africa’s savannahs. Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z On the savannahs of east Africa, conservation groups warn of a rise in wildlife poaching. Stealth plunder of Argentinian waters raises fears over marine monitoring 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The area is a savannah but is dotted with raised areas of land now covered with trees. Crops cultivated in Amazonia '10,000 years ago' 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z “An Unspoken Hunger” collects early essays on her work in the field, which took her from Great Salt Lake to the African savannah and beyond. 21 new and classic books to keep you in touch with the natural world 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “This fits with the idea of our genus being adapted to the savannah and in particular exploiting the big game that is available on grasslands, which they would then butcher using stone tools,” Shipton said. Earliest known skull of Homo erectus unearthed by Australian-led team 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “If the tree mortality we see continues for another 10–15 years, then the southern Amazon will turn into a savannah,” Nobre told Nature. When will the Amazon hit a tipping point? 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Cano Cristales, which sits in a region of jungles and savannahs, is visited by thousands of tourists each year and is known as the river of the gods, or the river of seven colors. Colombia puts out forest fire near top tourist attraction Cano Cristales 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Secom also dismissed Costa’s claim that the Amazon “was already at a tipping point where it could become a savannah at any moment”. Bolsonaro government attacks Oscar nominee Petra Costa as 'anti-Brazil activist' 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Prof Ciochon believes H. erectus was too dependent on the open savannah and too inflexible to adapt to life in a rainforest. Ancient humans survived longer than we thought 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Neighboring the rainforest, the Cerrado savannah takes up roughly a quarter of Brazil and is the country’s second largest biome after the Amazon. Grain traders oppose Brazil's soy ban to protect savannah 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The Elephant Queen Documentary about a matriarchal pachyderm leading her herd on a journey across the African savannah. Movies opening in L.A. this week: 'Maleficent,' 'Zombieland' sequels and more 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The savannah's role as a carbon store, and thus in managing the world's climate, is crucial. What's the latest with the fires in Brazil? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But on open savannahs where lions still roam, poaching for body parts and revenge killings are the next most significant threats. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But on open savannahs where lions still roam, poaching for body parts and revenge killings are the next most significant threats. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Environmentalists say Brazil’s success in preserving the Amazon helped push further soy expansion in the Cerrado, leading some to call for a similar moratorium in the savannah. Grain traders oppose Brazil's soy ban to protect savannah 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But on open savannahs where lions still roam, poaching for body parts and revenge killings are the next most significant threats. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Wildlife photographer Frank Liu shared photos and video of the striking plains zebra discovered in the savannah of the Maasai Mara, a national reserve in southwestern Kenya near the Tanzanian border. Rare polka-dotted baby zebra discovered in Kenya, incredible photos show 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z When forests and savannahs are converted to farms and cities, the land ceases to be suitable habitat for most large animals. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Large migratory animals range widely, and on the parched savannahs of eastern Africa, they mostly follow the rains. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Fires continued to burn in Brazil’s savannah and the Amazon region. AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z When forests and savannahs are converted to farms and cities, the land ceases to be suitable habitat for most large animals. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Many are likely to be on grassland, woodland or savannah in poor farming communities. Are forest fires getting worse? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Large migratory animals range widely, and on the parched savannahs of eastern Africa, they mostly follow the rains. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Scientists say the Amazon is approaching a tipping point, after which it will irreversibly degrade into a dry savannah. Amazon fires are 'true apocalypse', says Brazilian archbishop 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, we are already seeing signs of the Amazon turning into a savannah,” he said, citing the increasingly long dry seasons. AP Explains: The Amazon*s role in global climate change 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Large migratory animals range widely, and on the parched savannahs of eastern Africa, they mostly follow the rains. Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The blazes burn unabated across vast swaths of hilly tropical forest and savannah near Bolivia’s border with Paraguay and Brazil. Bolivia president does about-face and will now accept aid to put... 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z “If it lasts longer than four months, this is the climate envelope of a savannah.” Amazon rainforest fires: global leaders urged to divert Brazil from 'suicide path' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The Chad basin is drying up and the Sahel savannah is experiencing immense drought and desert encroachment, forcing herdsmen to move down south in search for pastures. Dave Eggers: why we should listen to teenagers speak about climate crisis 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z They are inextricably linked to a multitude of savannah habitats and species: prey species such as antelope, zebra and gazelle, as well as herders’ livestock that cross lions’ paths. What Threatened Lions Can Teach Us about the Circle of Life 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z But local cops said 19-year-old managed to free herself from their “exhausted” grip high above the paradise Indian Ocean island falling into the wild savannah below. Cambridge student, 19, jumps to death from plane: report 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Reports said she fell from the Cessna-style light aircraft as it flew above the island’s savannah. British student dies in Madagascar after falling from plane 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Scientists warn that the forest is in growing danger of degrading into a savannah, after which its capacity to absorb carbon will be severely diminished, with consequences for the rest of the planet. Amazon deforestation accelerating to unrecoverable 'tipping point' 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Beef is the most emissions-intensive food because pastures are often created by clearing forests and savannahs. Soviet Union’s collapse led to massive drop in carbon emissions 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z We also know that altering grazing and fire management in savannah habitats can significantly reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon storage in plants and soils. What Threatened Lions Can Teach Us about the Circle of Life 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The southern white rhinoceros is native to the savannahs of Africa and is one of the least endangered of the rhino species, according to the International Rhino Foundation. Florida zoo fined $14G after 4,000-pound rhino injures worker 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The 2012 code set a 80 percent minimum of forest area to be preserved on properties in the Amazon, 35 percent in the savannah biome and 20 percent for the rest of the country. Brazil's Bolsonaro to extend environmental land registry indefinitely 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The benefits of standing tall in the African savannah are broadly nailed down, but what prompted our distant forebears to walk upright is far from clear. Exploding stars led to humans walking on two legs, radical study suggests 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The calf’s mother gave birth in a patch of savannah woodland not far from the group but with enough cover to keep the calf hidden while she moved away to feed. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The Sahel region near where the French citizens were kidnapped is as an ecological transition zone between the Sahara desert and Africa’s savannahs farther south. American hostage among four freed in western Africa following French special forces raid; two soldiers killed 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Governments must conserve forests, peatlands, wetlands, savannahs and coastal and marine areas to deliver crucial ecosystem services and store carbon. Fix the broken food system in three steps 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In the 1968 science fiction film “2001: A Space Odyssey”, a mysterious black monolith appears before a tribe of man-apes in the African savannah in one of the most memorable scenes in Western movie history. Back on Earth, China's Mars simulation base greets first visitors 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In the late 19th century there were about 200,000 members of Panthera leo roaming the savannahs of Africa. How the lion lost its strength: big cats’ survival at risk as DNA defences dwindle 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z This pushed cattle farming from the southern Cerrado savannah into the Amazon, and caused nearly one-quarter of the total annual deforestation of the Amazon in some years1. Why the US–China trade war spells disaster for the Amazon 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z These sites represented both natural habitats, such as lowland savannahs and alpine heaths, and habitats that had been heavily affected by human activity, including cropland and logged forests. How climate and human activity shape a mountain ecosystem 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z I’ve never been to Indonesia and seen the hand stencils of our forebears; I’ve never sat in the Senegalese savannah looking at chimps patrolling a wildfire. What makes humans unique among animals 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Colombia, the only country in South America to be bordered by both the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, is a mosaic of ecosystems, including mountain ranges, deep jungle, rugged coasts and expansive savannah. Science in Colombia on the cusp of change 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z It works well on the African savannah in environments of early adaptation, but only for people and other primates in our immediate vicinity in a very short space of time. A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Indeed, the expansion of soya-bean production in areas other than the Amazon, such as in Brazil’s Cerrado tropical savannah, will lead to further loss of tropical forest, for example through the displacement of pasturelands8. Why the US–China trade war spells disaster for the Amazon 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Between these tiny towns, expanses of golden wheat and grassland, punctuated by lone, broad-canopied holm and cork oaks, bring to mind the African savannah. Vacation in Portugal the Less-Obvious Way 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Most are in remote areas such as the savannah grasslands of Africa and South America, or the boreal forests which stretch from western Alaska to eastern Siberia. How many wildfires have there been this summer? 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Deforestation of Brazil's giant savannah region, the Cerrado, are partly due to weak environmental protections.Credit: Deforestation ticks up in Brazil's savannah 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Deforestation in the savannah bordering the Brazilian Amazon spiked by 9% last year. Meteorite fragment, deadly floods and French open-access push 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z It was at least twice as large as the other plant-eaters that shared the warm, savannah environment it inhabited. Fossils of early giant dinosaur discovered in Argentina 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z “Always has. Probably, when the first monkeys stopped hanging from the trees and started walking on the savannah, the monkeys in the trees were like, ‘This is outrageous! 'I was shocked it was so easy': meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z The turacos, or banana-eaters, are today found only in Africa, living in forests and savannah. Ruffled feathers over fossil bird find 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The savannah, an area roughly the size of Mexico, is 70 percent covered in tree formations. Deforestation in Brazil savannah ticked up in 2017 after 2016 drop 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z A tree regarded as the icon of the African savannah is dying in mysterious circumstances. Scientists shocked by ancient tree deaths 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z That has made it easier for tribes looking to cash in on an agribusiness boom, turning their coveted savannah into fertile farmland with the know-how of white farmers. Brazilian tribes fined for GMO soy crops on reservations 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The investigation identified illegal agricultural operations on 77 properties in the Brazilian Cerrado, a stretch of savannah that borders the Amazon region. Whale hunt, saltwater rice and cancer-drug boom 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z It was also before the wide-open savannahs of the western web were conquered by corporate giants: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple. The tech giants’ empire must fall – but they won’t go without a fight | Rafael Behr 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Mangroves, Mediterranean forests, some grasslands and savannahs were among protected areas most at risk. A third of protected wildlife areas marred by roads and towns - study 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Daniel Guerra hit the Hunger Highway at dawn hoping to steal a march on the punishing heat of Brazil’s northern savannah and consign 21st-century socialism to his past. Hunger Highway: desperate Venezuelans take hard road to Brazil 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Biljana Garevska of the Natural Science Museum in Skopje said the fossil was of one of the elephant’s ancestors which roamed the region at a time when it was covered by African-like savannah. Macedonia: 8 million-year-old elephant-like remains found 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Virunga’s swamps and savannahs, snowy mountains and dense rainforest contain a wealth of biodiversity. 'We know we may be killed': the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z That’s about two to three times the leopard density you’d find in some of the most productive savannahs in Africa or Sri Lanka. Mumbai's leopards have killed humans – but could they also be saving lives? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The study found that different elephant species interbred regularly in history, and confirmed that African forest and savannah elephants are different species. Boosters, bacteria and human-sized drones — February’s top science images 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Scientists are trying to learn more about the diverse and unique environment, where jaguars and margays roam the savannah and jungles, and river dolphins swim in the Guayabero River. Scientists Fear for Colombia’s ‘Melted Rainbow’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And if the savannah backdrop and tribal dances with which the scene opened were the stuff of cliché, at least real Africans were used in the making of it. China portrays racism as a Western problem 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z More than a century ago, jaguars roamed forests, savannahs and scrub land from the southwestern United States to Paraguay. China's lust for jaguar fangs imperils big cats 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Known for its mountain rainforests, savannah woodlands and rolling grasslands, it is home to some of West Africa's most endangered animals. Wildlife secrets of Nigeria's wilderness 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Those in the study responded more positively to the African savannah than any other. Oklahoma zoo employees search for painted dogs in Zimbabwe 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The traditional “savannah theory” held that shifts in the climate led to dense forests being replaced by sweeping grasslands, creating a new incentive for being able to travel long distances by foot. Tracing the tangled tracks of humankind's evolutionary journey 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr Wilson traces the source of creativity to human prehistory, on the African savannah. What makes humans inventive? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z This suggests that wildlife suffers chiefly as a result of conflicts’ indirect effects on society rather than their direct toll on the savannah. How war affects wildlife 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In the dry heat of a South African savannah, a team of scientists is listening intently to the low rumbling sounds emitted by the world's largest land animal, the African elephant. The company that helps elephants and rocket cars 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Geographic population structure of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae suggests a role for the forest–savannah biome transition as a barrier to gene flow. Genetic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Yet the transition towards bipedalism appears to have started at least six million years ago – long before the African climate dried out enough to create savannahs. Tracing the tangled tracks of humankind's evolutionary journey 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Converting savannahs into farmland will leave these creatures homeless and result in more degradation of Africa’s farmland. Don't Convert Africa's Savanna to Agricultural Land 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Sinosauropteryx probably lived in an open savannah, researchers said, with the bandit mask pattern helping to reduce glare on the eyes. This Dinosaur Had a 'Bandit Mask' Like a Raccoon 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Its color pattern also hinted at the environment Sinosauropteryx inhabited: an open savannah rather than a forest, the researchers believe. Raccoon-sized dinosaur with 'bandit mask' amazes scientists 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Anthrax is a bacterial disease commonly associated with arid climates like the African savannah, where it kills game, cattle and sometimes humans. Namibia says anthrax could be to blame for deaths of more than 100 hippos 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z We then go to the African savannah to catch a serval hunting with huge leaps in the air and then to the Pacific to see armies of iguanas on rocks waiting for the sun’s warmth. Review: New glorious nature documentary shouldn’t be missed 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z We survived the rigours of the African savannahs, despite being weaker and slower than our predators and most of our prey, through developing a remarkable capacity for mutual aid. George Monbiot: how do we get out of this mess? 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z On the African savannah, nothing goes to waste—especially food. Our Favorite Lion Videos Reveal the Power of Predators 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Its color pattern also hinted at the environment Sinosauropteryx inhabited: an open savannah rather than a forest, the researchers believe. Raccoon-sized dinosaur with 'bandit mask' amazes scientists 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The line opened in June; its high concrete pillars rise like a mirage from the dry, yellow savannah. 'China has conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's new strategy to win African hearts and minds 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Writing about foreign aid to Africa in The Irish Independent in 2008, he said that in contrast, “Africa, with its vast savannahs and its lush pastures, is giving almost nothing to anyone, apart from AIDS.” Sunday Times of London Op-Ed Called Anti-Semitic Is Removed From Website 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z And that it is best explained as the result of various psychological biases that served a purpose on the prehistoric savannah – but now, in a media-saturated era, constantly mislead us. Is the world really better than ever? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “Sustainable Indigenous land management, such as savannah burning, not only reduces carbon emissions but also builds communities by offering meaningful jobs for local traditional owners as rangers and an independent income,” Foley says. 'The idea is coming of age': Indigenous Australians take carbon farming to Canada 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z He suggested that the sorts of landscapes people prefer—and which they sculpt their parks and gardens to resemble—are those that echo the African savannahs in which Homo sapiens evolved. Computer analysis of what is scenic may help town planners 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Last month’s work of performance art was born from the idea of promoting controlled burning as beneficial for South Africa’s savannah ecosystems. Fire art in South Africa promotes healthy grasslands 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps she was running free, like a gazelle on green savannah. 'I was in Ecuador - I had no memory of going there': what it is like to be in a coma 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Barren monocultures of maize have been replaced with a landscape that looks more like African savannah. 'It is strange to see the British struggling with the beaver': why is rewilding so controversial? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The most biodiverse cities encompass several biomes, combining ocean and dry land habitats, lakes and mountains, or forests and savannahs. Which is the world's most biodiverse city? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Our brains evolved in two ways that were handy for a weak biped avoiding predators on the savannah, but not so much for a contemporary human dealing with narcissistic abuse. 5 sensible things to do instead of obsessing about, and enabling Trump’s narcissism 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But the country’s stirring deserts and sweeping savannahs contain two millennia worth of ancient culture. Ethiopian girls come of age in Janesville 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z It comprises a mosaic of savannahs, depressions, pits and sand dunes. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Up to one-fifth of natural forests, grasslands and savannahs will be destroyed3. Govern land as a global commons 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The sun has set over the scrubby savannah. US army veterans find peace in protecting rhinos from poaching 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Back in the 1970s, more than 50 black rhinos thrived in the savannah habitat of the Akagera park, but their numbers declined due to wide-scale poaching and the last confirmed sighting was in 2007. Black rhinos return to Rwanda 10 years after disappearance 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The par-5 fourth encounters a meandering stream, and 18 edges a vast, attractive wetlands savannah. Three Of The Best New Sister Courses - Golf Digest 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “The big pit self will focus on the lion while the flexi-self will focus on the savannah and its relationship to the lion.” Opinion | East-West divide begins with how we see ourselves 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The destruction of tropical forest and savannah land highlighted in the report is concentrated in Bolivia’s lowland forests and in the Brazilian Cerrado, where the pace of deforestation is now outstripping that of the Amazon. Burger King animal feed sourced from deforested lands in Brazil and Bolivia 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z A parched savannah grassland rolls off far into the distance. Are Kenya ranch invasions driven by drought or politics? - BBC News 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Among the species noted were the American crow, bald eagle, barn owl, black vulture, great horned owl, red-shouldered hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet and savannah sparrow. Christmas Bird Count offers ‘endless learning’ 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Moose are eating balsam fir so heavily that it could largely disappear, along with aspen, birch and mountain ash trees — turning a closed-canopy forest into an open spruce savannah. Wolf transplant could reset iconic island study 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The Sahara was then a green savannah dotted with lakes and rivers. Prehistoric porridge? First pots for plant cooking found - BBC News 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The sound was more like a squish than a thud, as the tall male australopith strode across the East African savannah. Meet Chewie, the biggest Australopithecus on record 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z No. Do you live in a tribal society where social ostracism means you will be exiled and starve to death on the savannah? This Is How to Overcome Social Anxiety: 5 Tips Backed by Research 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Recognition of the forest elephant and the much more numerous savannah elephant as separate species will help to protect their evolutionary diversity. Biodiversity: Two African elephant species, not just one : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Umbrella thorn acacias in the African savannah, for example, pump toxins into their leaves when giraffes munch them. The subtle communication skills of trees 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Another day begins at Camp Diamante, with low but strong sunlight on the roof of a cowshed next to our quarters, from which “ranchera” accordion music drifts across the savannah morning. Preparing for peace: inside Farc’s Colombian jungle base 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The number of savannah elephants in Africa dropped by about 30 percent from 2007 to 2014 because of poaching, according to a recent study. Africa is divided over ivory trade 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He thinks that taxonomists may need to come up with new names for the different species, to better represent the relationship between savannah, forest and straight-tusked elephants. Elephant history rewritten by ancient genomes 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Deforestation and climate change are threatening to turn the world's largest tropical forest into dry savannah land, destroying its biological promise, said the study. Protection of Amazon's biodiversity could fuel 'fourth industrial revolution': study 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The first ever continent-wide census of Africa’s savannah elephants found that nearly a third were wiped out between 2007 and 2014. Push for ban on domestic ivory trade spurs feud at international summit 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Central African Republic has lost almost all its savannah elephants. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z This reproduction rate means that population growth is around three times slower than savannah elephants. African forest elephants may face extinction sooner than thought: study 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z On the savannah lives the huge Loxodonta africana, whereas the smaller, secretive Loxodonta cyclotis is found in the forests of central Africa. Threat to African forest elephants 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z I will probably never be in a submersible down in the deep, or running alongside a cheetah on the savannah. How natural are nature documentaries? 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z It is creating a new kind of "ranger trauma" to seeing so many butchered animals littering the savannah, including those of rhino and elephant calves. Letter from Africa: Game rangers in danger - BBC News 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z In less than a minute we’re airborne over Samburu and the neighbouring reserve, Buffalo Springs, scanning the savannah below for elephants. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But they are also valued by ivory connoisseurs because their tusks are harder than those of savannah elephants. African forest elephants may face extinction sooner than thought: study 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Our backyard bird feeder is a veritable savannah watering hole. What is attacking side-view mirrors in this suburban Md. neighborhood? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The fires cluster in the savannah grasslands of Northern Territory and Western Australia, a typical pattern for this time of year. Satellite eye on Earth: May 2016 – in pictures 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z They include a 10-minute journey for the directors and animators to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park to study elephants, cheetahs and giraffes, and a visit to Africa to explore the savannah and observe its citizens. Blu-ray review: ‘Zootopia’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But Douglas-Hamilton has accidentally left his phone on the ground, so we are freewheeling over the savannah, relying on our eyes. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In Africa's savannah woodlands, giraffes feast on acacia trees and serve as prey for predators such as lions and hyenas. Genome reveals why giraffes have long necks 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The muddy water built up at the bottom of a hill on the savannah. Uncharted 4 is the best (and possibly last) game of its kind 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z A 15-year-old female named Fatu could be the last of a creature that once roamed central African savannahs by the thousands. Stem-cell plan aims to bring rhino back from brink of extinction 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The Cincinnati Zoo is a leading captive breeder of cheetahs, a big cat that is native to the savannahs of Africa. Five cheetah cubs fight for survival after rare C-section birth 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z In the Cessna, circling high above the savannah and gazing down on its extraordinary and complex ecosystem, I do indeed feel humbled: a speck of insignificance in the enormity and wonder of nature. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The day of the discovery began as any other, struggling through the thorny African savannah while swatting away the sweat bees thirsty for our perspiration. The images of chimps thrilled me: do they show evidence of spirituality in the wild? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z But then, some 3 million years ago, the climate changed and the savannahs — along with their plentiful food supply — dried up. Brain food: Clever eating : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Nearby in the savannah woodland close to Zambia's southern border, another man prepares to turn his chopped logs into charcoal. Drought adds fuel to fire as Zambia loses battle to save forests 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Hence, generating false positives means that you might be wrong 99 of 100 times, but on the savannah, that 100th event saves your life. You’re obsessed with outcomes. Here’s why attention to process pays off. 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z As we drive through the savannah, Daballen, a conservationist at Save the Elephants, points out family groups and individuals within them. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z We searched the savannah extensively and found a number of sites where trees had similar markings, and in many places we found accumulations of stones inside hollow tree trunks. The images of chimps thrilled me: do they show evidence of spirituality in the wild? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Around 6 million years ago, primates started moving from tropical forests into the savannahs. Brain food: Clever eating : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z TWO gleaming new towers rise from the dry savannah of Gaborone, Botswana’s capital. Losing its sparkle 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It did a terrific job keeping your ancestors alive on the savannah, but works against you in the capital markets. The do’s and don’ts of a market crash 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The one vehicle has become a fleet of battered jeeps and a Cessna 185 for aerial surveillance and transport across the vast tracts of savannah and hills in northern Kenya. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z “When during the Pleistocene, more and more forested area turned into savannah landscapes, there was simply an insufficient food supply.” Earth's largest ever ape died out because it refused to eat its greens – study 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z All the animals killed are part of the zoo’s African savannah exhibit. Animals killed by intruding wild dogs at Mississippi zoo 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Smaller than savannah elephants, the forest elephants roam tropical forests and were photographed by cameras tied to trees in Western Equatoria state, a lush area near Congo and the Central African Republic. Scientists find critically endangered forest elephants in war-torn South Sudan 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Cheetahs, widely known as fleet-footed inhabitants of the African savannahs, started a rather slower journey around 100,000 years ago when they migrated from North America, according to new research. Cheetahs migrated from North America to Africa 100,000 years ago 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It was just before sunset on 30 March 2014 when a volley of rapid gunfire shattered the stillness of the savannah. Gentle giants: on the frontline of the battle to save Africa's elephants 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z I have gone scuba diving in Bali, camped in the South African savannah and trekked through a snowy Yosemite National Park. The perks and pitfalls of disabled travelling - BBC News 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Long before these natural disasters, trouble was taking root within its ecosystems, where slivers of prairie and post oak savannah blend into woodlands, wetlands and riparian areas. Improvements planned for Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Miraculously, she managed not to betray the happy tune coursing through the sunlit savannah of her brain’s limbic system: Born free, as free as . The New McCarthyism is dead on arrival 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z "The drastic decrease in the pachyderm population – approximately 400 savannah elephants remain in eastern CAR – is obliging poachers to remain longer in the CAR than before, including during the rainy season," it added. Sudanese poachers kill elephants amid Central Africa chaos: UN experts 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Of course, the truth is that monk seals swam these seas millions of years before the first Polynesian sailors arrived – and before humans even evolved in the savannahs of Africa. Five near-blind monk seals become ambassadors for vanishing species 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z They inhabit swampy savannah, marshes, banks of rivers and streams. Mystery of anaconda found in Edinburgh street - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z I lived in Africa for seven years, and few sights were as magnificent, or calming, as a herd of giraffes loping gracefully across the savannah. Who Would Kill a Giraffe? 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The decimation of African savannah elephants and other big game species is more alarming still, suggesting that leaving the free market to protect endangered species is a fatal fallacy. Does Zimbabwe Really Need Trophy Hunting? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The truth is this horn wasn't cut off a rhino in the African savannah, it was bioengineered in lab in San Francisco. Saving rhinos in a lab 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Creatures from the deep woods and African savannahs are mounted on every wall. Griffith ‘renaissance’ brings eclectic shops downtown 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z A vast tropical savannah, the Cerrado is one of the most threatened ecosystems in South America due to industrialised agriculture. Famous baby giant armadillo found dead 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z It evolved to keep you alive on the savannah. You’re only human: An economist explains how it hurts your portfolio 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z They looked innocent at first, ambling on the East African savannah. Myths, meaning and Homo sapiens 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z There are vast savannahs, glaciers and two active volcanoes in the park, home to one of the few remaining enclaves of endangered mountain gorillas. SOCO Oil Company Paid Large Sums to Officer in Congo, Activists Say 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Forest degeneration forced our ancestors onto the developing savannah in search of food. Smell, evolution and the sex brain: why we're monogamous and use perfume | Michael Stoddart 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z We were tracking a plains animal by foot through the savannah. Don't Discount The Gut Check - Practical Ideas For Retirement Investing 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z "The process of declining animals is causing an empty landscape in the forest, savannah, grasslands and desert." Wildlife decline may lead to 'empty landscape' - BBC News 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z For some, open plan spaces suggest managers on the room's sidelines, watching workers huddled in the middle like prey on the African savannah. How the tech industry is redesigning the future workplace - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z “If you have recreational land that can be grass savannah - you can improve the environment and make some money.” Farmers turn to cattle grazing to improve soil, bottom lines 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z A look of anguish sweeps his broad face, like a cloud-shadow crossing the savannah. A peculiar messiah 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Guitar Lake’s expanse was a world apart from the dense, tangled forest around it — a separate ecosystem set in a “metallic savannah” of dark rocks and scrub. Another huge and open iron mine is carved out of Brazil’s rain forest 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z But fly over the Luangwa Valley in Zambia and you see an endless expanse of glorious uncluttered savannah. Africa’s Conservation Miracle: The Return of the Rhinos 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The limiting factor is the extremely nutrient-poor soils across savannah farming systems, particularly in Africa. Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z When our distant ancestors left the trees for the savannah, they needed to develop a new set of survival skills to cope with their new environment. SungardASVoice: Why Information Security Is Everybody's Business Now 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Emotions get in your way, as your lizard brain behaves as if you are still on the savannah fighting for your very life. For investors, it’s a perfect time to go back to the basics 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The human brain, that marvelous instrument we all carry around in our skulls, evolved for one purpose and one purpose only: to allow our ancestors to survive on the African savannah millions of years ago. Review: ‘The Quantum Moment,’ by Robert P. Crease and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber and ‘Island of Knowledge,’ by Marcelo Gleiser In South Africa, he awoke to zebra, impala and giraffes grazing on the sun-dappled savannah, and he says it was the perfect hangover cure. ‘Booze Traveler’ host explores how world drinks 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z For instance, moisture from the West African rainforests in the south causes rain to fall on the semi-arid savannah in the north. Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Known as the Cerrado, it is the largest, most biologically diverse savannah region of South America, home to 5 percent of all life on the planet. Hunger for Meat Plows Up Brazil's Cerrado Plains 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z State corruption runs through Tanzania’s illegal ivory trade from savannah to sea. Big game poachers 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Many problems in our work environments aren’t ones the human brain evolved to solve for in the African savannah. The Next Technology Revolution Will Drive Abundance And Income Disparity 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Annual pulses of relatively intense fire dominate the extensive savannahs of northern Australia, with less frequent, massive fires in the arid zone occurring after above-average rainfall53. Learning to coexist with wildfire : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z But the thorny acacia are more numerous on the open savannah, where they need to defend themselves. Plant Thorns Increase When Defense Needed 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The presence of carnivores helps plants without thorny defences thrive, a study of life on the savannah reveals. Carnivores 'help trees shed thorns' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The Nile walk took him through six countries, across desserts, jungles, savannahs, mountains and war zones, with temperatures sometimes reaching more than 50C. Explorer completes River Nile walk 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Nigeria currently grows cocoa on less than a quarter of the 3 million hectares of land suitable to produce the beans, and the government is encouraging farmers to expand to the uncultivated savannah grassland. Nigeria nurtures its once-unloved cocoa industry as prices flourish 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z But, as he hiked the West African forests and savannahs, he didn’t see many antelope. How Dying Fish Populations Affect the Stability of All Life 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The western meadowlark, the grasshopper sparrow and the savannah sparrow “seem to be declining” said Larry Igl, a biologist at the U.S. Some Minnesota prairie songbirds declining 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z In Sunday’s episode, two strangers coexist as they traipse across the savannah in Namibia. So, how do nudists feel about this whole ‘naked reality show’ trend? As Darwin saw it, group selection on the African savannah explains both human cohesiveness and our moral instincts. The law according to Darwin: Evolution, neuroscience and justice 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z “Targeting a color for a white LED is like spraying a savannah w/ buckshot in the hope of downing well-hidden deer.” Physics Week in Review: April 5, 2014 2014-04-05T09:55:01Z Around that time, tropical rainforests expanded across equatorial Africa, and the Sahara region turned to savannah. The origin of lions discovered 2014-04-02T00:22:31Z While often stated to be strictly restricted to freshwater lakes, rivers and pools in forests and savannahs, Morelet’s crocodile also inhabits brackish lagoons in parts of its range. The New World Crocodile Assemblage: Crocodiles Part VII 2014-02-22T22:00:53Z On the savannah, Prod Sandoe explained, "many will die young, killed by lions, killed by diseases, killed by accidents, by lack of food". Why did Copenhagen Zoo kill its giraffe? 2014-02-10T17:23:11Z A one degree rise in average tropical temperature leads to a release of around two billion more tons of carbon per year from tropical forests and savannahs, compared with the 1960s and 1970s. Tropics Feel the Heat of Climate Change 2014-01-31T15:25:00Z For many, Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is the essence of Africa, a wide, sweeping savannah ruled by lions, buffalo and zebra, barely interrupted by human presence. Worries over new roads in Tanzania's Serengeti 2014-01-17T22:20:44Z Roughly 35,000 African lions roam the savannahs, down from more than 100,000 half a century ago, thanks to habitat loss, declining numbers of prey and killing by humans. Fenced-In Lions Divide Wildlife Conservationists 2013-11-20T18:45:00.480Z Though Nairobi's commute is dreadful to most, for some of Kenya's burgeoning "silicon savannah" techies, it's an opportunity. The tech modernising Kenya's matatus 2013-10-07T23:05:46Z The Sahel stretches from Mauritania in the west to Eritrea in the east, including Burkina Faso, Chad, and Sudan, a belt dividing the Sahara desert and the savannahs to the south. Mali says Sahel needs rapid reaction force to fight Islamists 2013-09-26T18:10:53Z If you are a zebra on the savannah running from the hyena, that adrenaline rush will either save your life or you will become breakfast. The Myth of Executive Stress 2013-09-24T11:15:04.350Z If you think of the savannah of Africa today, the lion is taking down the big prey and the cheetah is maybe taking down the small prey. Science 'could lose' duelling dinos 2013-09-10T16:58:32Z The Virunga National Park, which contains lakes, forests, savannah and volcanoes, was founded in 1925 by King Albert I of Belgium. 'Oil threat' to Africa's oldest park 2013-07-31T23:01:41Z At other times the kitten lies in wait on the vast savannah that is our garden, before spotting her mother and flying at her as if she was a wounded gnu. Simon Hoggart's week: The gurning Salmond's 'photo-bombing' was a dud 2013-07-12T15:47:31Z “I really wonder if cheetahs living on the open savannahs will yield the same sorts of results,” says Jack Grisham, coordinator of the cheetah species survival plan for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Speed test for wild cheetahs 2013-06-12T17:50:25.273Z The new studies show that they not only lived there, but began to consume progressively more foods from the savannahs. Teeth unveil our ancestors' diet 2013-06-04T07:03:14Z The trees grow in the savannah region that lies south of the Sahel in a 3 million square kilometer area extending from Senegal to South Sudan. IHT Rendezvous: After Fair Trade Coffee, Fair Trade Shea 2013-05-12T10:00:27Z Many planters have stumbled here and their plots are strewn along the savannah. The Queen of the Cowboys 2013-04-29T08:45:00Z Photograph: Leslie Josephs/Associated Press Amazonian forest cleared in Ecuador, a mountain levelled in Peru, the Cerrado savannah converted to soy fields in and oil fields under development in Venezuela's Orinoco belt. China's exploitation of Latin American natural resources raises concern 2013-03-26T19:55:38Z BBC's recent Africa series showed a scene on the savannah where a zebra was rejected by a herd of females. From Viv Richards to, um, Andy Murray 2013-03-01T11:49:51Z There are few reliable estimates of regional elephant numbers, and counting corpses is inaccurate because many are likely to be lost in the vast forests and savannahs of Africa. Tusk tracking will tackle illegal trade 2013-02-27T18:20:29.393Z So the question is, did that coincide with the formation of the savannah? Human evolution and palaeobotany: Grassed up 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z Some of the land grabbed was savannahs and forests, suggesting that the grabbing also may contribute to deforestation in developing countries, D’Odorico’s said. Corporations Grabbing Land and Water Overseas 2013-02-12T19:15:00.690Z Although many people think of carnivores as the main killers on the savannah, elephants and buffalo are actually the ones that people out here tend to be the most concerned about. Laikipia Plateau: First Scouting Session 2013-02-09T01:15:00.230Z Others have since suggested fires could transform much the forest into savannah. Amazon Forest More Resilient to Climate Change than Feared 2013-02-07T18:15:09.280Z It resembles a large hourglass leaning at an angle, with an arid, desert north and more fertile savannah in the south. Can France achieve its goals in Mali? 2013-01-17T14:29:02Z The idea of numerous peacocks strutting about the woodlands and savannahs of Pleistocene California, alongside dire wolves, sabre-toothed cats and ground sloths, is perhaps amusing. The other turkey 2013-01-16T15:15:00.303Z From California's Yosemite National Park, to the African savannahs, to the Brazilian rainforest, the older bigger trees are being lost regardless of climate and environment. Mystery of the disappearing trees 2012-12-19T09:09:35Z Biosphere 2, where he does his research, is about 35 miles north of Tucson, Ariz. The dome of Biosphere 2 rises from the mesquite savannah like a cathedral for the celebration of science. Rock Tasting at Biosphere 2 2012-12-11T14:15:00.217Z Lovejoy said the fact that savannah habitat loss is outpacing the decline of the world’s tropical rain forests “is terrifying when combined with the prospects of population growth and land-use change in Africa.” Study: African lion population shrinks to 32,000 2012-12-05T02:12:00Z Hundreds of foreign visitors savoured the slow journey along the river, taking in the savannah landscape, camping overnight and eating local food cooked over small fires by their guides. Waiting to reclaim northern Mali from Islamists 2012-11-08T17:27:56Z The Rock Lodge, the more posh of the two, sits high atop a rocky mountain, offering its visitors unobstructed views of the sprawling savannah. Sir Richard Branson's Safari Lodge, Ulusaba, Offers Game Viewing With A Purpose 2012-10-10T13:38:13Z The critically endangered black rhino, a species that once ranged widely across Africa's savannahs, now lingers on only in scattered populations in Namibia - the animal's stronghold - and South Africa. Green Blog: Exploring Africa's Big, Wild Rhino Country 2012-08-22T23:55:30Z This encompasses tropical forest, savannah and a marine reserve. In pictures: Conkouati wildlife 2012-08-20T07:49:57Z This extinct river flowed from about 9,500–4,500 years ago and supported a rich savannah that was home to a host of animals, including antelopes, giraffes, zebras and elephants. Science in the Sahara: Man of the desert 2012-08-15T17:21:20.943Z Today's tourists, armed with cameras instead of guns, still find timing is everything when scanning the savannah for buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino. South African schoolboy wows Google with Kruger wildlife-tracking website 2012-07-30T14:52:29Z Both enrich transnational criminal networks; in ivory’s case, the commodity is acquired in the African savannah and sold primarily in China. Is it time to ban ivory for good? 2012-07-23T14:07:00Z Over the past few million years, the climate underwent dramatic shifts and Africa changed from a largely forested ecosystem to a more open savannah. Olympics: Run for your life 2012-07-23T09:50:31.493Z Alongside some of Africa's most endangered animals are herds of buffalo roaming the savannah in search of food and shelter. In pictures: Conkouati wildlife 2012-08-20T07:49:57Z Over the past few years, Kröpelin's work has helped to reveal how the Sahara transformed from a savannah more than 5,000 years ago to the desert it is today. Science in the Sahara: Man of the desert 2012-08-15T17:21:20.943Z That might happen to Africa's savannahs, where the species causing these transitions first evolved. Are Western Forests Doomed to Burn Away? 2012-07-01T15:15:00.233Z Kenya is known for its vivid savannahs and wildlife, but Oregon’s landscape is home to salmon, beavers and nutria. For Kenyan 10K Runners, Route to London Passes Through Oregon 2012-06-02T19:12:46Z I travelled to 10 or so countries where the most egregious grabbing is taking place: the savannah of Brazil, the forests of Indonesia, the inner Niger delta of Mali. Fred Pearce: Land grabbing has more of an impact on the world's poor than climate change 2012-05-19T23:03:31Z At the time, the Arabian peninsula was a moist savannah teeming with game. Human migrations: Eastern odyssey 2012-05-02T17:20:27.767Z Chateaubriand and the others of that school had sought out the nature of India, the savannahs of America, the forests of Canada. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The dominant narrative about primate social lives was the savannah baboon where males are very political and dominant and they would support each other so they could control females. Raising Darwin's Consciousness: An Interview with Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on Mother Nature 2012-03-16T18:15:03.113Z They went on again, and in two days more reached the wide savannah, with grass as high as corn, and great herds of black cattle. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Thence the cordillera opens out northwards into the broad triple range of Colombia, which encloses wide river valleys of extraordinary richness and fertile savannahs, enjoying perpetual spring. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z But African savannah elephants eat plenty of it, so why not import them to control the fire fodder? A Proposal to Introduce Elephants to Australia: Really? 2012-02-01T21:45:00.460Z With the Spanish Lanceros, or Fifties as they were called by the Buccaneers, the hunters were perpetually at war, their intrepid infantry being generally successful against the hot charges of these yeomanry of the savannahs. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Parties were at once despatched to hunt in the savannahs, and to42 prepare salted meat sufficient for the voyage. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z On59 their return the French had to force their way through burning savannahs, but got safe to their ships, putting next day forty prisoners on shore who were too chargeable to keep. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Grasses grow luxuriantly, and the savannahs of central Cuba are, in this respect, excellent cattle ranges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z How many hundreds are scattered across the savannah, nobody really knows. South Sudan Massacres Follow Independence 2012-01-12T18:59:42Z The hunters of the wild cattle in the savannahs of Hispaniola were known under the designation of Buccaneers as early as the year 1630. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The ambuscade had been waiting fifteen days in the savannah, expecting Morgan. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z During this march the Buccaneers never encamped but upon high ground, or in the84 open savannah, for fear of being hemmed in. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The sand patches, each about 300 meters wide, used to occur in many more areas of Brazil's mountain savannah, says plant ecologist Rafael Oliveira of the University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil. Meat-Eating Plant Traps Victims Underground 2012-01-09T20:02:00Z Thence the route lay across the beautiful savannahs of Nicaragua to the Pacific shore. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z This Tortuga was to the refugee hunters of the savannahs what New Providence became to the pirates, and the Galapagos islands to the South Sea adventurers of half a century later. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They met whole troops of Spaniards running to and fro in the savannah, but, in spite of their expectations, they never rallied. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z In spite of Spanish reinforcements from eight neighbouring towns, they stayed at Leon three whole days, and challenged the Spaniards to meet them in the Race savannah. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Like the other territories of Guiana the Dutch colony is divided physically into a low coast-land, savannahs and almost impenetrable forest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The flora of the southwestern interior basin of North America in early late to late Pliocene was intermediate between the previous grassland floras of the middle Pliocene and the savannah flora of upper Pliocene. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z The island was too small for savannahs, but the tangled brushwood abounded in wild boars. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The first evening the army encamped in the middle of a green savannah on the banks of a cool and pleasant river. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The same day at noon the sentinels rang the alarm bell in the steeple, and gave notice that 800 men from Leon were advancing across the savannah to fight them. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The eastern part is generally forested; the western is an almost level savannah, with woodlands along the rivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z If the habitat of the pygmy mice oscillated between savannah and arid grassland, then an hypothesis can be made possibly accounting for the origin of species of these mice. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z Crossing a savannah they were surprised by an overwhelming force of Spaniards, and, in24 spite of a desperate resistance, slain to a man. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They beat us out of the town, then followed us into the savannahs, still charging as fast as they could. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z This town was built on the savannahs, and surrounded by hattoes, its chief trade being in tallow and leather. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The hinterlands consist of undulating open savannahs rising into hills and mountains, some grass-covered, some in dense forest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z In cultivating the fertile savannahs, preserve thy faith if thou wouldst prosper: make thy adieus to our barren furrows; we must part. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z A French Buccaneer going one day into the savannahs to hunt, followed by his engag�, was suddenly surrounded by a troop of shouting Lanceros. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z He was secured, his wounds plastered up, his horns made sharp again, and turned out into the savannah. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z From a prisoner they heard of 300 Frenchmen, who had defeated 600 Spaniards and killed their leader in the savannahs. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The Cretaceous equivalent of zebra and antelopes—the victim species in every wildlife documentary about the dramas of the African savannah—were herbivorous dinosaurs called ornithopods. What ate dinosaurs?: Old crocs 2011-11-09T18:02:58Z Australopithecus groups in eastern Africa lived in the open savannah and fed on tough foods, like grasses. Observatory: Clues About Early Diets Found in Fossilized Teeth 2011-10-17T21:56:14Z He instantly collected a force of forty French Buccaneers from the woods and the savannahs, and, having arranged his plans, made a descent upon the island in the month of April, 1640. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z “Look, father!” cried George Weston, as they were traversing at a foot-pace a fine savannah. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The Spaniards burnt all the provisions in the way, and set fire to the savannahs to windward, stifling the French horses with smoke and scaring them with the blaze. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Sunward soars the mighty eagle, And where blossom brighter bowers, Than amid the green savannahs Of this sunny land of ours. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Alp and torrent shall inherit Your significance of will, And the grandeur of your spirit Shall our broad savannahs fill; In our winds, your exultations shall be springing! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z At first, when the green savannahs were spotted black with cattle, the hunters were so fastidious that they seldom ate anything but the udders of cows, considering bull60 meat too tough. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z What the researchers are aiming for is no less than a platform for predicting wild behavior, a human dream since the first hunter-ancestors ventured onto the African savannah. ?Smart Collar? in the Works to Manage Wildlife Better 2011-08-30T01:30:51Z Vessels struck their flag when they heard that shout, and the horsemen fled before it through the savannah. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z In the way they crossed a hot river in an open savannah, or plain, which they forded with some difficulty on account of its heat. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z CARACAS—Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chávez says he is praying to Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin and the spirits of the Venezuelan savannah to help him beat his cancer. In Cuba, a Prayer for Ch?vez 2011-07-19T23:50:46Z In the savannahs the Spaniards were formidable, but in the woods they became a certain prey to the musketeer. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Believing this, he left the schools, and sought the savannah and the forest. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Landing at Caldaira the sentinels set fire to the savannahs, through which they marched to Lesparso, and towards Carthage, but retired, hearing of 400 men and an entrenchment. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z On the West side of the river was savannah land. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Our ancestors in the Central African forests and savannahs evolved to embrace intra-group selfishness and inter-group hostility as a matter of survival, he said. Laureate Urges Next Generation to Address Population Control as Central Issue 2011-06-30T22:45:00.267Z The herds fed at night on the savannahs, and at58 noon retired to the shelter of the forests. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z I remember the time when there was happiness in the savannahs, and when them red-skins were ready to help the white man rather than fight agin them. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z They had been busy burning all the savannahs farther ahead to drive away the cattle, leaving a path of scorched ground. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The Valley is enriched with fruitful savannahs, mixed with groves of trees fit for any use; and fruit-trees grow wild in such plenty as if nature designed this place only for a garden. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Lions roaming the savannah are a staple of nature documentaries. Domestic Cats Roam Far And Wide 2011-05-27T01:45:00.200Z The hunters turned sea crusaders, and the sea became the savannah where they sought their human game. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z After a brief stalk through the Hedge End savannah, the officer realised the tiger was not moving and the air support using their cameras realised there was a lack of heat source. England 'tiger' sighting sparks major alert 2011-05-21T22:04:41Z After they had disappeared up the trail and into the salt savannah, the Defiance rejoined the Swiftsure, at which time Winston ordered the fo'c'sle unlocked and flintlocks distributed, together with bandoliers of powder and shot. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The savannahs are full of fat bulls and cows, and horses; but no house was in sight.' History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Loretto State Preserve Also in Staten Island, this oasis is home to the savannah sparrow and eastern meadowlark, whose numbers are on the decline in the state. | Resources for Birders 2011-05-05T21:59:34Z At night he was startled by the screams of the monkeys, the bellowing of the wild cattle in the distant savannah, or the unearthly cry of some solitary and unknown bird. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Early humans venturing out into the savannah from the apes’ ancestral forest refuge would have been surrounded by predators and in fierce competition for food. Supremacy of a Social Network 2011-03-14T17:16:19Z Enough strapping blacks and some of these savannahs might well be set to production. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Lake Chad sits on the border of the Sahel, a grassland which divides the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannah to the south. Great Green African Wall Planned for Sahara 2011-03-10T05:17:59Z It breathes of the mountain and the prairie—of the great lakes and wild savannahs of his native land. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Many hunters ran down the wild cattle in the savannah and attacked it with their dogs. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z It is a beautiful land, with its open savannahs, its wooded glens, its heathy mountains, its green and undulating parks—nature’s plantations! Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z She is frank and fearless, Repton,—two qualities that will do well enough in the wild savannahs of the New World, but would be unmanageable gifts in the Old, and thither we are bound. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Survival in Ice Age Europe, for instance, was vastly different from life on the African savannah, requiring different diets, behaviors and genetic adaptations. Paleo Diet: 'New Evolution Diet' Author De Vany on Food and Exercise 2011-01-29T05:10:00Z Weighing in at six or seven tonnes, the much larger elephants found on savannah are about twice as heavy as forest-dwellers. African elephant 'is two species' 2010-12-21T21:53:26Z One of Dampierre's messmates ventured into the savannah, about a mile from the huts, and coming within shot of a bull wounded it desperately. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z It has lately been seen on the savannahs of the Madeira River, far to the north of the La Plata plains. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Instead, the research project studied land-vegetation-atmospheric interaction in the African savannah. Virginia fight over climate documents will continue 2010-10-05T00:29:00Z But he said the newly described hominid is a "very satisfactory animal" that "reinforces the accumulating evidence that these things probably evolved and really lived in woodland conditions rather than savannahs." Scientists: 'Ardi' Fossil Sheds Light on Origin of Human Species 2009-10-01T14:33:00Z The split between African savannah and forest elephants is almost as old as the split between humans and chimpanzees. African elephant 'is two species' 2010-12-21T21:53:26Z Spending some time upon the savannahs, he became restless and tired of shore, and desirous of enlisting as a freebooter under the red flag. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Burning of savannah in sub-Saharan Africa, to clear land for crops, is a new source. Russia fires cause "brown cloud," may hit Arctic 2010-08-10T15:14:00Z "The schoolboys on the safe outing need to become men on the dangerous savannah." World Cup 2010 Paper View: Cliches multiply over England's division 2010-06-22T08:34:00Z The Royal Bafokeng stadium is located in the heart of the savannah bushveld and was built with money invested by the tribe of the same name when lucrative platinum deposits were mined in the area. England fans flock to heart of bushveld 2010-06-11T19:07:00Z The country Commentators' kit Cameroon is a geographer's dream, cramming equatorial forests, open savannahs, deserts, beaches and active volcanoes into a country only slightly bigger than California. Cameroon: World Cup 2010 team guide 2010-06-04T23:42:00Z He had scarcely landed with his men, when the hunters brought them into a small savannah surrounded by hills and woods. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z A savannah outing, for instance, highlights the beauty of the park's plains and can involve horseback riding, mountain biking and a picnic lunch. One Steamy Morning 2010-06-04T00:16:00Z Evolution used the isolation with great inventiveness, taking advantage of a landscape that laces together savannah grasslands with lobes of desert and long ribbons of rainforest. Tottering Rule in Madagascar Can?t Save Falling Rosewoods 2010-05-25T03:21:00Z They were comfortable in both worlds—in the trees where Australopithecus evolved, and the savannah where Homo triumphed. A Missing Link? Scientists Find a New Human Fossil 2010-04-08T14:01:00Z Now pause for a moment to imagine these savannahs with their big herds of galloping mammals. Evolution by the Grassroots 2010-03-03T16:44:00Z None the less, it was Australopithecus that moved out of the trees and onto the African savannah, and started to eat the animals that grazed there. 'Bigger brains' 2010-03-02T11:30:00Z It is very well known that in Amazonia, tropical forests exist when there is more than about 1.5 metres of rain a year, below that the system tends to 'flip' to savannah. 2010-01-30T16:44:00Z Together, seeking some indistinct front line in some obscure war, lost in the high savannah, we bogged down in a chartered yellow school-bus and clambered out to push. 2010-01-22T14:22:00Z It is a native of the African savannahs, and is cultivated in many of the warmer parts of the world. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis They have somewhat different features and different names in different portions; in N. America are prairies and savannahs, in S. America llanos, selvas, and pampas. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Wide the trackless prairies round us, Dark and unsunned woods surround us, Steep and savage mountains bound us; Far away Smile the soft savannahs green, Rivers sweep and roll between: Work away! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 But then they came to extensive open upland plains or savannahs, with few trees but with rank grass and other herbage as high as their heads and so dense as to be almost impenetrable. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Beyond the golden beach rose stately palms interspersed with orange and other fruit trees, and here and there spread rich savannahs ready for homes to be built upon them. Donalblane of Darien Ah! there was the boundless prairie, to his thoughts, on which he might ramble forever; and on that wide swelling savannah, roaming and straying, we shall now leave him, and turn our glance elsewhere. Tony Butler It was placed on the summit of an isolated hill, rising from the bosom of a well-wooded savannah, and was covered entirely with the leaves of the fan-palm. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Then, conquering the waves of great and stormy lakes, Crossing savannahs with marshes of mud, Piercing the depths of the forests primeval, Here see our founders and preachers of Faith! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 After the fall of Charleston he had sought refuge with his family in one of the open savannahs that lie concealed amid the swamps with which the lower part of South Carolina abounds. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Large and powerful hounds had been imported from Spain to hunt the runaway Indians, and now that their occupation was gone, they also took to the woods and savannahs. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Before sunset a carriage took us round the savannah. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Instead, besides, of owning one palace and one garden, it is the universe he owns: the vast savannah is his race-ground; Niagara his own private cascade. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes They reached it as darkness was setting in—a hut as rough as could be, standing on the edge of a small savannah. The Woodlands Orchids They sought it in the forest and on the savannah, over the lofty peaks of the Andes, and along the banks of the mighty rivers. The West Indies and the Spanish Main There is a savannah where there are English barracks under avenues of almond and mahogany. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses We passed many grass savannahs dotted with palms and a tree something like our locust. Gold Week after week the little band of Frenchmen struggled on, now through a sea of prairie grass, now wading through deep savannahs, and presently swimming or fording streams which blocked their progress. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France These high lands are mostly savannah, with belts of dense forest between. The Woodlands Orchids He had become a mechanism, set for on special purpose—self-immolation. t was in a wide savannah among the jungles that he first caught sight of the monsters. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 On the first night of my arrival, before we went to bed there came an invitation to me to attend a political meeting which was to be held in a few days on the savannah. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The residence of the governor was situated at the extremity of the city, on the edge of the savannahs; it was easy to reach it without encountering any one. A Romance of the West Indies The porpoises and larger fish have a range of at least one hundred feet, and rocks, savannahs, and everything else they are accustomed to are reproduced. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel But the point of the story is that Mr. Oversluys had seen and even admired this flower many a time on the upland savannahs in riding past. The Woodlands Orchids Does not the New World clothe his form with her palm-groves and savannahs as fit drapery? Nature We drove back across the savannah in a blaze of fireflies. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The giant white and the woolly rhinoceros had arrived by the score in the dense thickets of the 279 steaming savannah which unrolled its green-and-yellow breadths along the southward base of the downs. In the Morning of Time "Irrigation" was a new word and a vague word in the ears of my father's generation, and had little of the charm which lay in the "flowery savannahs" of the Mississippi valley. A Son of the Middle Border Thirdly, jicara-trees always stand in a low-lying savannah, across which they are marshalled in lines and ‘spaced’ like soldiers on parade in open order—at least, I never saw them in another situation. The Woodlands Orchids And then a hunting-party in the savannahs of Louisiana or Arkansas! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The political demonstration to which I had been invited came off the next day on the savannah. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The raging blue-faces were speedily distanced, and the fugitives ran out breathless upon the sunny savannah. In the Morning of Time "O'er the hills in legions, boys," no longer meant sunlit savannahs, flower meadows and deer-filled glades. A Son of the Middle Border Upon the edge of a broad savannah beyond was a corral, or enclosure, and a shed, used by the vaqueros for slaughtering, branding, and so forth in the season, empty now. The Woodlands Orchids Numerous herds of cattle and deer, and many troops of horses were seen peacefully browsing on the grass of the savannah, or strolling through the groves on the surrounding heights. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Outside is a large savannah or park, where the villas are of the successful men of business. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The further shore of the lagoon was partly a swamp of rankest growth, partly a stretch of savannah clothed with rich cane-brake and flowering grasses that towered fifteen or twenty feet into the air. In the Morning of Time It called to green savannahs and endless flowery glades. A Son of the Middle Border Below him extended a vast chaos of rock and forest, and green savannahs and wandering streams, while at a distance the waters of the promised ocean glittered in the morning sun. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The savannahs and ponds were larger; the summits of the ridges more gravelly; and here and there rocks, formed of a sort of concrete of sand and shells, were seen above the sand and gravel. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe A garden in front was shut off from the savannah by a fence of bananas. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses A few representatives of their most colossal and highly-specialized forms still survived, still terrible and supreme in those vast, steaming, cane-clothed savannahs which most closely repeated the conditions of an earlier age. In the Morning of Time The vast savannahs, late so deserted, were suddenly changed into a scene of tumult and confusion. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora What most strongly characterizes the savannahs or steppes of South America, is the entire absence of hills, or inequalities of any kind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. These savannahs are full of birds, and the brilliant macaws which excited Raleigh's admiration make an excellent stew, with the flavour, according to Sir Robert Schomburgk, of hare soup. Raleigh Vast herds of cattle roamed over the mountains; splendid houses rose over the rich savannahs. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses I have rushed wildly across the savannahs; I have stroked the wild horses, and shaken the cocoa-nuts from the trees. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Here the river winds a great deal amongst savannahs, but guides led the party by paths which greatly shortened the distance. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century In many geographical works, the savannahs of South America are termed prairies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. "How will you behave when you cross the savannahs?" Adventures of a Young Naturalist Indeed, the vistas opened up by Mr. Finlay are infinite; in that sense it is that he ascribes inexhaustibility to the trackless savannahs of history. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 When the forest is on fire, or the savannah swept by flood, and their wild denizens flee to a spot uninvaded, the timid deer is safe beside the fierce wolf or treacherous cougar. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The beauty of the scenery, succeeding as it did to the monotony of the plains and savannahs they had previously traversed, filled the explorers with admiration. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century These appearances are often exhibited over an arid surface of fifty or sixty leagues square—every where, in short, where the savannah is not traversed by any of the great rivers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. It was the species of owl called Athene hypogæa, which is often met with in the savannahs, and hunts in the day-time as well as in the night. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The few fugitives were pursued for several miles through the forest to an open meadow or savannah. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But other Indians on the borders blocked further progress by firing the savannahs. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Above this cataract the stream, now far less rapid, winds through vast savannahs to Leech Lake. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century For this reason, the Castilian conquerors, who penetrated first from Coro to the banks of the Apuré, named the regions to which they came, neither deserts, nor savannahs, nor meadows, but plains—los Llanos. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Our intention was to make our way into the Cordillera, and, passing round the volcano of Orizava, to descend into the savannahs beyond, slanting off to the left so as ultimately to reach the sea. Adventures of a Young Naturalist If this had happened a hundred, fifty yards back! but now the woods were gone, and on either hand stretched a bare savannah, broken only by the hateful barbed wire fences. Rita Passing on through wide-spreading prairies, we cross the mighty stream of the Mississippi to a slightly elevated district of broad savannahs, till we reach a treeless region bordering the very foot of the Rocky Mountains. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America I threaded through a thicket and came out into a brief expanse of savannah. Attrition I am here to guard these ladies against all foes, come they whence they may,—from France, or out of our own savannahs,—from earth, air, or sea.—But hark! The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance The sight of this new denizen of the forest confirmed the omens as we had already read them, and soon, accordingly, there burst upon our view an immense savannah. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The sides of the mountains are part woodland and part savannahs, well stocked with wild goats descended from those left here by Juan Fernandez in his voyage from Lima to Valdivia. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The savage alligator and fearful anaconda abound in all the rivers and lakes; while the jaguar, puma, ounce, tiger-cat, monkey, tapir, capybara, porcupine, wild hog, sloth, and ant-eater range through its forests and savannahs. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A wilderness of flowers, of every variety of loveliness, bloomed over the wide meadows and the broad savannahs, which the forest had not yet invaded. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky From the grass-farms, in the wide savannahs, the herdsmen hastened, with promises to drive their flocks up into the mornes, where no enemy should penetrate while a man remained to guard the passes. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Henceforth this mountain was to be our guide while crossing the immense savannah, an undertaking which filled me with dread. Adventures of a Young Naturalist It is only five miles of a pathway, shaded by sycamore and plane-trees, from which we emerge occasionally into green savannahs or luxuriant cornfields, over which the beautiful white ibis are hovering in flocks. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure In the woods and wide savannahs are two or more varieties of deer—one resembling the European deer in colour, but of less size, and adorned with large antlers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America On another occasion he was, while crossing a small savannah with his companions, who had gone on ahead, nearly losing his life. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Toussaint smiled as he thought of the flower-strewn savannahs, where more blossoms opened and perished in an hour than in this dreary region all the summer through. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance In the morning we held a council to deliberate about the route, and, after some debate, we agreed to l'Encuerado's proposal, and decisively resolved to cross the savannah direct. Adventures of a Young Naturalist By Thomas Belt One low tree, very characteristic of the dry savannahs, is a species of acacia, belonging to the section Gummiferoe, with bi-pinnate leaves, growing to a height of fifteen or twenty feet. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 The bushes which produce gum-arabic abound in all the open savannahs on the Pacific slope. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Now and then sluggish savannahs or swamps opened on right or left, filled with vegetation and animals. Gold Seekers of '49 He looked eastwards, where the green savannahs spread beyond the reach of human eye. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance "We are in the right path," said he, positively; "the savannah is very wide, that is all." Adventures of a Young Naturalist Over thy broad savannahs I spur my noble steed, whose joyous neigh tells that he too is inspired by the scene. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The largest caracara—Polyborus Braziliensis—ranges the grassy savannahs of La Plata. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America This savannah extended for a distance of about ten miles, and terminated among the foothills of a range of mountains of very moderate height stretching right athwart the path of the explorers. In Search of El Dorado I remember meeting with an account of a bull, which fed on the savannahs of Central America. Stories of Animal Sagacity Pollock says the grass of these savannahs runs from ten to thirty feet high—"Wild Sports of Burmah and Assam." From Edinburgh to India & Burmah A broad grassy plain—a savannah—lay before us, and the hoofs of both horses, pursuer and pursued, now rang upon hard firm turf. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The veteran pioneer had passed to that farther West from whose vague savannahs no adventurer has ever returned. A Daughter of the Middle Border He did not finish his sentence, and neither spoke again until they had left the pines and were forcing their way through the tall grass and reeds of a wide savannah. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He was, she believed, going to carry her off across the mountains; but, from some intelligence he obtained, he changed his plan and proceeded across the savannah. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela In the lower grounds are fertile and level savannahs, plains waving with cane-fields, displaying a luxuriance of vegetation, the verdure of spring blended with the mellow exuberance of autumn. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Soon after daylight we sallied forth with the body of our brother-officer, and took our way towards the dreary savannah. Hurricane Hurry Two Indian children, a boy and girl, eight or nine years of age, were sitting among the grass near the village of Atures, in the midst of a savannah. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Think again of all the animals which live in the forest and its outskirts towards the savannahs! From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The natives still believe that the soul of the tyrant wanders in the savannahs like a flame, which flies on the approach of men. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela To these, as approaching nearer Panama, succeed numerous conical mountains, arising out of savannahs and plains, and seldom exceeding from 300 to 500 feet. A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World On the 4th, poor young Bruce, a midshipman of the Minerva, died, and was buried in the savannah among many of our countrymen who had already fallen victims to disease. Hurricane Hurry |
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