The savanna elephant, one of two distinct breeds of African elephant, was once commonly spotted all over the African continent, but the numbers of this animal left in the wild have been severely reduced. Statistics suggest that in the 1980s alone the population of African elephants fell from 1...
The African spurred tortoise can reach lengths of 83 cm (33 in) and weights of 105 kg (231 lb.). It is found in theSahara Desertand the Sahel; a dry grassland / savanna region that stretches across Africa from Mauritania in the west to Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east. Why are Afric...
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Look at the Philippines on a world map and you'll see a glorious archipelago. The country's thousands of islands and surrounding waters are rich in biodiversity, from wild animals to native plants. Extensive rainforests and grasslands, plus a tropical climate create the ideal setting for many p...
For most people, getting to see African wildlife such as the Black Rhino roaming along a vast open savanna in South Africa, or Mountain Gorillas high in the mountains of Uganda, is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. Unfortunately, due to human encroachment, poaching, habitat fragmentation, an...
The frequency of oviposition on the sole host plant, wild lupine Lupinus perennis, was highest under 30–60% canopy cover even though lupine was more abundant in more open areas. Larvae fed preferentially on larger lupine plants and on lupines in denser patches. However, lupines were generally...
born and bred in cages solely for the purpose of selling them for “canned hunts”—excursions in small, walled-in encampments where hunters can easily shoot the semi-tame animals without having to stalk them across the savanna. More than 95% of the lions killed by hunters in South Africa ...
Rare and endangered plants of specially protected areas of West Siberian boreal coniferous forests (inside Tomsk oblast)Biodiversityboreal forestprotected areasSiberiaThis final paper on the analysis of data from a 7020 square mile (18 200 km^2) area of savanna in the Middle Gongola region of ...
The orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi) of southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia is in severe decline due to habitat loss. This species of bird inhabits lowland evergreen forests. Its decline is due, in part, to commercial logging. Another danger to the orange-necked partridge is th...
The gray wolf is the biggest species in the Canidae family, which inhabits temperate grasslands of the Northern Hemisphere. The gray wolf has several subspecies, which often refers to geographic groups with specific characteristics. The Mexican wolf is a smaller and critically endangered subspecies of...