savanna

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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

The research used forest inventory data from 2,700 plots across the country, ranging from cool moist forests to dry savanna.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Amazon Rainforest: Rising temperatures and ongoing deforestation have placed the Amazon rainforest at risk of large-scale transformation into savanna between 1.5-2°C of warming.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

In Brazil, huge swaths of the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna have been lost to pastures and fields that produce beef and soybeans.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

That night she listened to the voices of the troop as they nested in the trees across the savanna.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer