I got a phone call the other day from my colleague about the Baobab tree in Grove Place on St. Croix.

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

We swam beneath a waterfall and floated in the infinity pool overlooking the mountains. Before departing, I walked the on-site labyrinth, hugged a baobab tree, and met the conservation team. At lunch ...

Over the course of 2023, I traveled across Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe visiting baobabs located in the area as well as 13 other particularly old and large specimens, including ...

Published: August 25, 2024 2:45am EDT Sagole baobab is the largest baobab tree in the world. Sarah Venter Baobabs reach extraordinarily old ages. Some have been found to be thousands of years old.

Birds are another victim. They need baobab, acacia and other trees for breeding, but hungry herbivores like elephants and giraffes leave little behind. “They can only breed at a certain tree ...

He says climbing to the top of the tree, one could clearly see the demarcated borders of Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, with a panoramic view of Impalila Island.

Africa's ancient baobab, with its distinctive swollen trunk and known as the "tree of life," is under a new and mysterious threat, with some of the largest and oldest dying abruptly in recent years.

These include well-known trees such as the Sunland Baobab – famous for the pub inside it – a gigantic specimen in Namibia named Grootboom, and Chapman’s Baobab in Botswana.