Temperate grassland vegetation can grow short or tall. In areas with little precipitation, grasses remain low to the ground. Taller grasses are found in warmer areas that receive more rainfall.

Only seven temperate rainforest ecosystems exist around the world, and North America is home to one of them. The Pacific Northwest temperate rainforests, which range from northern California to ...

Vegetation on the African savannas, for example, feeds animals including zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, and giraffes. On temperate grasslands, you might find prairie dogs, badgers, coyotes, swift ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across different ...

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

Plants have evolved to grow in an atmosphere much richer in CO2 than current near-denuded levels, and the recent growth and its myriad benefits for humankind should not be surprising. . . . This is ...