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The Grassland Society of Southern Africa has been conducting scientific research for 60 years, adapting to new challenges.
By Sean Mowbray Renewable diesel is a biofuel made from vegetable oils and animal fats touted by proponents as an almost ...
What draws elephants to the open savanna? a journey of giants.
Feedlot cattle with access to grooming brushes are generally more content, sociable and have less stress, according to recent research out of Murdoch University's Center for Animal Production and ...
They also found that a change of merely three amino acids could convert an enzyme common in plants and animals into disulfide synthase.
Jinapriya Gallage, a reputed envioronmentalist and wildlife photographer, said these pose a threat to the park’s sensitive biodiversity, and plants and animal species endemic to this highly ...
Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes.
Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The 'hyperdominance' by ...
Here’s a look at seven plant species that resemble animals and human features, all without any artificial touches. Known as the Naked Man Orchid, Orchis italica blooms in clusters of violet ...
During previous eruptions, the small plants and animals living on the hydrothermal vents were scorched by lava flows, but just three months later, their ecosystem was back and flourishing again ...