The cerrado savanna in Formosa do Rio Preto, western Bahia state, Brazil, 2019. Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all ...

Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...

Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new ...

Grasslands are vast, open landscapes where grasses, sedges, and wildflowers dominate the terrain rather than trees. They ...

Giraffes roam in a wooded grassland savanna in Kenya's Nakuru National Park. The savanna grades into the woodland in the background. University of Utah researchers developed a new way to use fossil ...

Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...

SPARTA, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Bridgestone Firestone Centennial Wilderness area encompasses more than 10,000 acres in White County and is well known for its natural beauty. However, last fall, word got ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Bridgestone Firestone Centennial Wilderness area encompasses more than 10,000 acres in White County and contains numerous forested areas, trails, and waterfalls. But, ...