Mary Roach

Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food.

American Author

Douglas Trumbull

2001' used a lot of what's called 'front projection.' You project an image onto this giant reflective screen, and the image bounces back and comes back to the lens and seems to be in the background behind the actors. The whole 'dawn of man' sequence in '2001' was projected eight-by-ten photographs of the African savannah.

American Director

Robert Winston

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived against great odds by organising ourselves into groups which would have had a common purpose, giving morale and fortitude.

British Scientist

Dominic Cummings

Forecasts have been fundamental to mankind's journey from a small tribe on the African savannah to a species that can sling objects across the solar system with extreme precision.

British Public Servant

Ben Fogle

I'm equally happy bouncing across the African savannah in an old Land Rover as I am staying in a luxury resort in The Maldives. Travel and the wilderness excite me.

English Writer

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

No other creatures of the savannah sleep as deeply or as soundly as lions, but after all, lions are the main reason for not sleeping soundly.

Dominic Monaghan

I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.

Irish Actor

David Morrissey

Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

English Actor

Used in geography and biology to describe a specific type of ecosystem.

Biome Vocabulary

'Savannah' can refer to similar landscapes in other regions, not exclusively African.

Not Just Africa

The savannah often symbolizes wilderness and adventure in literature and film.

Cultural Symbol

 and they don't just help themselves, but they help to feed healthy communities and thriving economies. And when farmers become more productive, they reduce environmental pressure. We only have two ways we can feed the we can either make our existing farmland a lot more productive, or we can clear cut forest and savannah to make more farmland,

3 reasons why we can win...

 with females living in tight-knit herds led by a single matriarch. And every member of the group has one of the most versatile tools in the savannah to help them get by. Today her herd is looking for water. Or, more accurately, smelling for water.

The incredible,...

 on earth they support millions of species which are all intrinsically connected but they are also amongst some of the fastest changing and unpredictable African environments parts of large-scale African savannah have

Top 5 Animal Adaptations...

 diversity for alligators all the research being done at the savannah river site including my own is a pretty informative case study for contaminants in the environment interact with wildlife i know our research has

Alligators Take Over...

 they should because i mean we know that about savannah elephants why shouldn't forest dolphins still maintain these social groups zangabai as well as offering medicinal salts appears to be an important venue for

Elephant Family Reunion...

 and as the droppings evaporate in the hot sun it cools the bird in much the same way as our sweat but as the sun's heat turns the grasslands to tinder life on the savannah is about to change

Fire and Feast PIPE A...

 the unprotected areas where gusto might have found a thriving ecosystem barren a few small fish and no sharks the top predators that should be hunting here like lions in the savannah

The Nature of Nature PIPE...

 those of savannah elephants resulting in a rose ivory that's highly prized for carving its value is astronomical a pair of tusks raises ninety thousand dollars on the black market

Protecting The Elephant...

 what's unusual is that has survived for so long unlike on the savannah there are no large predators here which might explain why but life in the forest for a disabled

Disabled Baby Elephant...

 chilly is definitely more confident more self-assured as a mom than savannah she's raised nine cups to independence in the past versus savannah's five