It's week three of Council's Weed of the Week series for the 2024/25 spring and summer season. This series of articles ...

Grassland restoration is crucial for ecosystem health. Frits van Oudtshoorn, a pasture consultant and ...

These plants have gray bark and look like small baobab trees. Impala lilies are native to central and eastern parts of ...

African forest elephants feed on leaves, grasses, seeds, fruit, roots and tree bark. They open up pathways through the underbrush providing access to food for other species. Over several years some of ...

Caracals, an internationally protected species, are native to Africa, the Middle East and India, per the Smithsonian's ...

She gives the example of maize in East Africa which was almost eradicated due to the Little Necrosis disease. The term germplasm describes seeds, plants, or plant parts used in crop breeding ...

which are regions dominated by grass species but containing other non-woody plants and, in the case of savannahs, some trees as well. Grasslands occur naturally in many biomes and are also ...

A third of tropical African plants are on the path to extinction, according to a new assessment. Much of western Africa, Ethiopia, and parts of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Of the two species of African elephants ... forest elephants consume lots of plant matter, including leaves, grasses, seeds, and tree bark. The animals also gather at watering holes and soil ...

When we think of spring we think of warming weather, birdsong and flowers. But for many people, this also means the return of ...

Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's ...