A baobab can hold so much water in its swollen trunk that its shape visibly changes with the rainy season. In Africa’s dry savannah, where the climate can be extremely arid, that ability helps explain ...

A living legend that's stood for 1,200 years in Madagascar is now collapsing piece by piece. Tsitakakantsa, the largest baobab tree ever recorded in Madagascar, is slowly dying after surviving for ...

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 baobab products has ...

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, ...