Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Learning more about the ‘tree of life,’ the baobab Many of us first learned of this tree when reading “The Little Prince,” that classic children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit.. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first ...

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first ...