A Travel + Leisure A-List advisor dishes on how to go beyond wildlife spotting in East Africa. Kenya and Tanzania, the East African countries most often chosen for safari, are justifiably famous for ...

Scientists using chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover -- in effect, shade -- have found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where ...

A new University of Utah study concludes that savanna was the predominant ecosystem during the evolution of human ancestors and their chimp and gorilla relatives in East Africa.

Lions in East Africa are being killed off wholesale and face elimination from one of their last strongholds, a situation reminiscent of the elephant slaughter during the late 20th century, a UC ...

An East African savanna landscape of tree-dotted grassland is shown in this image from Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. A new University of Utah study concludes that savanna was the predominant ...

Scientists have used chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover -- in effect, shade -- and found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites ...

Researchers from University of Utah suggest that the human evolution millions of years ago might have been with the help of savannas, rolling grassland of Africa.

In the East African savanna landscape, hippos and their poop play a critical role. By chomping on large amounts of silica-rich grass at night, then defecating into the Mara River during the day ...

A hot new bombshell has entered the San Antonio Zoo's Naylor Savanna habitat, and it's a male baby giraffe named Kicheko. The ...

A new 16-year-old African elephant named Titan arrived at Zoo Atlanta this week from Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.