The soundtrack of backyards, fields, and forests has been getting quieter for decades. The US and Canada have lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970, a drop of about 29 percent, according to a ...

KS3/GCSE Geography. Polar biome. Ferne Corrigan explains how people, animals and plants have adapted to survive the freezing ...

A comprehensive new study shows that Europe’s landscapes have been shaped by grasslands and open woodlands for more than 20 ...

Pioneer Bluffs will host a special educational program June 6 focused on the growing problem of woody plant invasion in the tallgrass prairie.

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

Grasslands, covering 40% of Earth's vegetated surface, play a crucial role in the global carbon balance but are increasingly ...

Grasslands, covering 40% of the Earth's vegetated surface, play a crucial role in the global carbon balance but are increasingly threatened by ...

At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C of global warming ...

In the heart of the city, the rolling slopes of the Melville Koppies hold a quiet secret beneath their windswept grasses – a ...

Grasslands and associated wildlife in the Great Plains of North America have declined precipitously and are now experiencing an increase in large wildfire activity. In a Journal of Wildlife Management ...

Forest-grassland ecotones are transitional zones where closed-canopy woodlands merge into open herbaceous communities. These mosaics exhibit high spatial heterogeneity and host an array of species ...