Grasslands encompass the savannas of Africa, the grasslands of Australia ... when land is severely degraded in arid, semiarid, and dry sub-humid areas. It's caused by factors that include both ...

South Africa’s Drakensberg grasslands are one of five subtropical grassland ecoregions in the country. The rolling hills and mountains of the Drakensberg are an important water catchment area and the ...

Different parts of the world refer to their grasslands by different names – for instance ‘savannah’ in Africa, ‘cerrado’ in South America ... They often burn to the ground in the dry season, then ...

The biome concept organizes large-scale ... relative abundance of trees and grass. Repetitive dry season fires have occurred in the African savanna over the last 50,000 years.

Once the forest homes of our tree-climbing Australopithicene ancestors transformed into grasslands ... of our East African homelands has cycled violently through periods of dry and wet, punctuated ...

Ferne Corrigan looks in-depth at the climate of the African savanna grasslands, describing the rainfall distribution and the benefits of fires in the dry season. The adaptations made by the baobab ...

African lions are highly adaptable big cats and can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including semi-arid desert areas and even very dry habitats such as the Kalahari desert. They prefer open ...

Deserts are dry and usually hot ... Grasses are the main plants. The largest grasslands are found in East Africa. Zebras, giraffes, elephants and rhinos all live in grasslands.