The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with grasslands and minimal tree densities. This wide-open landscape becomes a ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication ... throughout Africa per year than any other mammal, except the lion. A pattern emerged.

Analysis - Giraffes are among the world's most recognisable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements and unique coat patterns, they have inspired people's ...

Dr. Tilo Burghardt and colleagues at Bristol have been working towards pattern recognition systems that can identify individual animals automatically. A small breakthrough came in 2006 when the early ...

2010), suggesting that local adaptations in host defenses have been important in shaping patterns of genetic variation ... diversity found among the African apes. Complete human, chimpanzee ...