Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new ...

Discover what grasslands are, their global importance, the threats they face, and why we must protect these key ecosystems ...

Grasslands go by many different names and are made up of two main types: tropical — also known as savannas — and temperate. The two types appear similar, but have different kinds of soil and are ...

In the vast golden grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa, the secretary bird makes an unforgettable sight — long-legged, crested, and stalking the savanna with deliberate, high-stepping precision. Famous ...

If you go to the Surrey Hills of northwest Tasmania, you'll see a temperate rainforest dominated by sprawling trees with genetic links going back millions of years. It's a forest type many consider to ...

In semi-arid regions of India, the land opens into wide stretches of grasslands filled with shrubs and scattered trees. These ...

New research pushes back the oldest evidence of C4 grass-dominated habitats in Africa -- and globally -- by more than 10 million years, with important implications for primate evolution and the ...

Grasslands can store carbon reliably under increasingly hot and dry climates. Shutterstock Large areas targeted for forest restoration in Africa, Asia and South America are covered by savanna and ...