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Deforestation also decreased in the Cerrado -- a vast, biodiverse savanna south of the Amazon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The hardest-hit biome last year was once again the Cerrado, a vast, biodiverse savanna south of the Amazon.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Nonprofits and conservation groups estimate that there are today around 415,000 elephants in Africa, and the African savanna elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Fossil pollen and remains of grass-eating animals such as hippos indicate that savanna plants dominated the region tens of thousands of years ago, rather than dense forests.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

Many of them come from the tattered edges of tropical rain forest, or they come from tropical savanna that is being settled rapidly by people.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Nerlekar, a plant scientist, recognized many of those plants as species still common in today's savannas.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

The scale of the increase varied across the four different biomes surveyed, with the sharpest rise in tropical savannas.

From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026

"We must act to save our rivers, oceans, savannas, mangroves and forests, as well as the communities that protect and live alongside them," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

The trail had petered out in the forests and savannas of central Africa.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston