New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements over 1,000 years ago, and continue caring for them today.

Baobab trees can live for 1,000 years. Wolfgang Alders In media, the image of a baobab tree is often used to signify a quintessentially“wild” African landscape.

A viral post about a pub inside a South African baobab tree leaves out information about attraction's closure and offers a disputed age for the tree.

The mighty baobab at Egmore is gone The death of the tree was discovered when the Forest Department was taking a count of the heritage trees in Chennai ...

Three must-see art exhibitions up now are “Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs,” “Tau Lewis: Spirit Level,” and “Hugo Crosthwaite: Ex-voto.” ...

Native people know the baobab tree as the "mother of the forest," and it is Madagascar's national tree. Its unique, root-like crown has earned it the nickname "upside-down tree," but tourists most ...

Where families struggle to cultivate crops on shrinking plots, the baobab is increasingly seen as a competitor vying for space and nutrients.

By Patrick Maundu Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for ...

The IAEA says Baobab trees, some of which live over 2,500 years, are offering insights into climate change. In South Africa, scientists use nuclear technology to analyze wood extracts from these ...

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.