New research shows that baobab tree flowers have adapted to meet the needs of either bats or moths, and without these ...

Social media users are sharing images of an otherworldly looking bar said to be located inside an ancient tree. While the pub was once open to the public, the widely shared post fails to mention that ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old ...

Baobabs are the most iconic trees on the savannah; and also the longest-lived. Its size is so impressive that its hollow stem can measure more than 20 meters in diameter and can store up to 120 ...

This story was originally reported by Edward McAllister, Editing by Anna Willard for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Until recently baobabs were only tapped for local use but in a major business shift ...

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 glance, ...

The African Baobab tree has a reputation for being one of the largest and oldest trees on the continent. These trees sport iconic girthy trunks with widths tantamount to the length of an automobile, ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old ...

Native to the African continent, the baobab is known as the "tree of life" for its resilience and is found from South Africa to Kenya to Sudan and Senegal. Zimbabwe has about 5 million of the trees, ...