The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with grasslands and minimal tree densities. This wide-open landscape becomes a ...

A project at Cal Poly is exploring the contributions of Afro-descendants in early Spanish and Mexican California.

My first time on safari in Africa is as magic as it looks in the movies. Before I stepped foot on the flight to Zimbabwe, ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

For example, our research looked into projects in savanna ecosystems in Africa that addressed land degradation ... and start agroforestry (where food crops are planted with trees, saving water needed ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for ... protected area had lost 27.6% of its forests and trees, and 4.5% of its shrub savanna, because of human activity.

Wild chimpanzees have long been known to rely on their powerful memories to know where and in what trees they can find ripe ...

Sir Jim Ratcliffe created his own car company from scratch to build the ultimate off-road SUV. On a punishing seven-day ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...

Head to Predator Ridge, the recreated African savanna, to see hyenas, lions and African dogs roam, watch monkeys swing from tree branches at Primate Panorama or catch a glimpse of colorful ...