Large parts of Africa’s savannas may well be forests by 2100. The study suggests that fertilization by atmospheric carbon dioxide is forcing increases in tree cover throughout Africa. A switch from ...

Google is letting the public see what elephant conservation looks like through a whole new lens: Street View. Thanks to an initiative with conservation group Save the Elephants, everyone can get a ...

Scientists have developed specialized graphs that map out fire behavior, known as nomographs, for landscape managers in Africa's savannas. The study pinpoints the optimal conditions for setting ...

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Africa's forest elephants are inching towards extinction, with their population dwindling 86 per cent in the last three decades, conservationists said on Thursday. Savanna elephants on the continent ...