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 ...

While many scientists think East Africa was forested before 2 million years ago and savannas emerged only afterward, Cerling said, the new findings suggest that during the development of ...

The Sodom apple has overrun vast swaths of East African savanna and pastureland. In this photo from Kenya's Amboseli National Park, the Sodom apple is the tall bushy plant. Although the plant is toxic ...

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 ...

In Uganda, its path will impact almost 2,000 km2 (770 mi2) of protected areas sheltering endangered species including eastern chimpanzees and African savanna elephants. An African savanna elephant ...

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.