Google is letting the public see what elephant conservation looks like through a whole new lens: Street View. Thanks to an initiative with conservation group Save the Elephants, everyone can get a ...

Millions of years ago, Africa's savannas were covered with thick, ancient forests, which disappeared and turned into the grassy ecosystems that they are today. Almost a fifth of the world's land ...

Savannas and grasslands cover a vast area, some 20 percent of the earth’s land surface — from sub-Saharan Africa, to the Cerrado in Brazil, to North America’s heartland. They also offer an enormous ...

Regina Bailey is a science writer, educator, and board-certified registered nurse. Her work has been featured in "Kaplan AP Biology" and "The Internet for Cellular and Molecular Biologists." The ...

Coupled field observations and phytoclimatic modeling show that the distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, researchers report in a new study. The ...

The Honolulu Zoo recently completed its African Savanna, which occupies almost one-third of the 43-acre zoological park. The new section is designed as a natural-looking, cageless habitat, planted ...

The African Development Bank has proposed developing the continent's 400 million hectares of cultivatable savanna lands, but guest writers Sam Dindi and Esther Ngumbi explain the potential ...

HONOLULU >> The number of savanna elephants in Africa is rapidly declining and the animals are in danger of being wiped out as international and domestic ivory trades drive poaching across the ...

There are two distinct species of elephants in Africa, not one, according to new genetic evidence. Previously, some scientists argued that the African savanna elephant and the forest elephant were the ...

Millions of years ago, Africa's savannas were covered with thick, ancient forests, which disappeared and turned into the grassy ecosystems that they are today. Almost a fifth of the world's land ...