Today, the Songhor fossil site in western Kenya is covered by a mixture of grass and trees adjacent to a modern river. Evidence from this site indicates that it was likely a relatively closed tropical ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Africa’s vast grasslands are well known for their iconic wildlife, but far less appreciated for the other ecosystem services they provide, ...

1. In the Ethiopian botanical region of tropical and South Africa open grasslands occur in all zones of climate, altitude and vegetation. They are mostly too broken up to be shown on any small scale ...

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.

Rob Little works for the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Centre of Excellence at the University of Cape Town and receives funding from the National Research Foundation of South ...