The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.

In this week’s newsletter: nature’s last stand against the DRC capital’s rampant development, plus looking back on last year’s stories of hope ...

A ship carrying gigantic live baobab trees has sailed from the Kenyan Coast to Georgia, ending a nine-month standoff between a Kilifi-based billionaire and State agencies that had suspended the export ...

X has recently seen a claim about the world's oldest tree said to be in Tanzania, Africa. The tree appears ancient, with a ...

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, ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- The tree, being a baobab, is a huge and ancient thing, its massive trunk maybe 30 feet around and tapering hardly at all as it ascends. It is as much wall as tree, and ...

Kaya elders have over the years performed rites inside the over 30 shrines across Coast region to deter people from cutting down indigenous trees. "Baobab trees are sacred. We use them when conducting ...