Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Looking for the spots on our planet with the least human impact? Cast your eyes toward deserts and boreal forests.

A new study investigates whether protecting and restoring large animal wildlife can help to support climate change goals.

Scientists have revealed Indigenous fire management can "lock up" more carbon than other methods of native bushland management and the practice could prove very lucrative for landholders.

Biodiversity in the United States is in a state of extreme tumult, and a study from nonprofit organization NatureServ paints a dire picture of environmental collapse.

Satellite data and traditional know-how combined have drastically reduced fires across northern Australia over the past 20 years.

Ecosystems around the world are being transformed as blazes turn forests and savannas into grasslands

One proposed strategy in the fight against climate change is to increase tree cover in the world's savannas, either through the planting of new trees or fire suppression, to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, a new Yale-led study of African savannas suggests this approach is far less effective than previously estimated.

Global warming's ever-increasing toll on the planet has been a focus of mitigation strategies in recent years, with carbon sequestration projects playing a more prominent role in drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to store in solid or liquid form and therefore decrease the abundance of this greenhouse gas. By doing so, this reduces the trapping of solar radiation on Earth and thus aids a decline in the…

Fires in riparian zones within the tropical savannas of northern Australia affect the breeding success and survival of endangered, purple-crowned fairy-wrens.

A report from the conservation group NatureServe warns that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the U.S. are "at risk" of extinction.

One proposed strategy in the fight against climate change is to increase tree cover in the world's savannas, either through the planting of new trees or fire suppression, to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, a new study of African savannas suggests this approach is far less effective than previously estimated. "Increasing tree cover in savannas, whether via afforestation or fire…

As the semi-arid Pilliga Scrub burns in New South Wales, many of us are thinking about fire once again. It's an El Niño summer in the hottest year on record. And there's a remarkable amount of grass drying out and ready to burn.

Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, joins "Face the Nation."

Researchers shift the narrative of human evolution through paleontological and geological fieldwork. According to new research led by the University of Minnesota, the story of human evolution is not as simple as previously thought. Two studies have found that early apes lived in a wide variety of