Termite mounds are a defining characteristic of African savannas, serving as nutrient‐rich hotspots that profoundly influence local ecosystem dynamics. Constructed by socially organised termites, ...

Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by ...

There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation organizations want to protect savanna ecosystems in order to preserve the habitat and ...

The Cerrado, largely overlooked in climate science and policy, is a critical carbon sink, according to new research.

A study by research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University has, for the first time, unveiled Taiwan's vanished Pleistocene ecosystem: a warm, arid savanna ...

3 million wildebeest accompanied by about 200,000 zebras and 400,000 gazelles covering up to 3,000 kilometers annually in a clockwise cycle that follows seasonal rainfall patterns. The herds travel ...

The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils ...

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but ...

Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado—the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna—account for nearly half of all its trees. This phenomenon of ...