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 ...

Living up to 2 000 years, there are many stories that a baobab witnesses in its lifetime, a toilet in a hollow tree being just one of them.

In 1993, owners Heather and Doug Van Heerden cleared out the Sunland Baobab's hollow core and installed a pub. The pub offered visitors draft beer, seating, a wine cellar and music.

Hyderabad: Most Hyderabad residents will be surprised to know that the largest Baobab tree in Asia has been growing steadily for at least 440 years at Naya Quila, Golconda Fort. Around ten years ago, ...

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.

The trees’ hollow trunks often become habitats for bats, birds, and small mammals, offering shelter and protection in an otherwise harsh environment. However, the survival of baobab trees is ...

New research has found that the world’s baobab trees all evolved on Madagascar 21 million years ago. Sometime in the last 12 million years, they floated on piles of debris to Australia and Africa.

Hence one of its nicknames: the "upside down tree". But the origins and history of the baobab - found in Madagascar and parts of Africa and Australia - have been something of a mystery. A new study ...