Allbirds is adding new limited-edition colors inspired by the savanna landscape to its lineup of wildly popular shoes for men and women. After dabbling in pat tens back in July with three ...

As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity and richness of its vegetation. By studying the foraging patterns of these megaherbivores across ...

Questions: Termite mounds are important sources of local-scale soil heterogeneity and thereby affect savanna vegetation. Studies contrasting mound and savanna vegetation usually neglect variation ...

Scientists using chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover--in effect, shade--have found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where human ...

While humans are able to survive in arid climates, great apes need swaths of lush forest in Africa (bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas) or Southeast Asia (orangutans) to thrive, except for some innovative ...

In 1980, when Tom and Kathie Brock’s children were 3 and 5, they considered buying a vacation home “up north,” where Tom, a University of Wisconsin-Madison microbiology professor, had done research on ...

With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, I often find myself thinking about family and friends who can’t be with us for the holidays. A classic, yet meaningful, way to connect with them is ...

Not for a century have such thunderous hoofs struck the tree-studded grasslands of northern Anoka County. Under clear June skies, a herd of young bison barreled from trailers and tore through fields ...

Through their foraging behavior across the diverse topography of the African savanna, megaherbivores may be unknowingly influencing the growth and survival of vegetation on valleys and plateaus, while ...