Researchers working in Africa warn against consultants promoting a single veld-burning strategy for carbon credits, urging ...

Graceful yet stealthy, majestic yet pacy! Deer and antelopes have featured across various wild vistas for millions of years, ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The savanna section of Zoo Midland is all about bringing a slice of the African Savanna to life, offering visitors an up-close and immersive experience with animals such as ...

PLANNING THE NEXT 24 HOURS: Temperatures will still be near normal Thursday afternoon reaching the mid to upper 20s under mostly cloudy skies. Thursday night cooler air starts to settle in with ...

Kenya and Tanzania, the East African countries most often chosen for safari, are justifiably famous for their wildlife. For many travelers, seeing the region’s dazzling animals — lions, elephants, ...

African milk tree is a succulent that resembles a cactus and is often grown indoors. The African milk tree (Euphorbia trigona) goes by many names, including cathedral cactus, friendship cactus ...

Baobab is a superfood with growing global demand – that’s bad news for the sacred African tree Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological ...

Based on climate data obtained from trees, scientists say that drought ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items ...

Some animals are dangerous and stealthy, having adapted silent killing techniques that allow them to sneak up on prey without ...

A growing demand for baobab products has become a double-edged sword, raising concerns about the sustainability of the ancient trees. Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have ...

So, in a tropical wet and dry or savanna type of climate (like Nigeria), trees can cool cities by up to 12°C (21.6°F) in the daytime – but at night, they warm them by up to 0.8°C (1.44°F).

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