In Vienna, Europe's second-largest cemetery has embraced biodiversity – without disturbing the dead. Some of the greats are ...

The group used satellite data to identify the start, end and length of the growing season for the meadow and steppe vegetation of the Tibetan Plateau between 1982 and 2006, and linked it to ...

Steppe vegetation endures drastic temperature fluctuations, drought, even wildfires. “We’re doing more study on how plants have adapted over time to extreme weather conditions and significant ...

Although plants tend to bounce back well after fires, the plants the wildlife of the steppe rely on, like sagebrush, “takes much longer” to grow back after a fire, according to Kehne.

Originally, shortly after their construction steppe vegetation recovered on them, which could persist even till modern times.

The discovery of a new species of ancient big-headed humans in Asia, dubbed Juluren or is revolutionizing our understanding of human evolution. The findings reveal a story of complexity, diversity ...

How does our particular biome inspire artists? That is revealed in a new exhibition at the Boxx Gallery called “Images of the Shrub-Steppe.” ...

And the grasslands biome is also known as savanna, steppe or prairie. Then there are lakes and rivers biomes and mountain biomes. But some animals and plants can still survive here.

Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in the world, researchers say in a new ...

The research made use of land cover maps showing vegetation change over the past 11,000 years, which were produced through the University of Plymouth's Deforesting Europe project.