Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya on November 22 revoked licenses that permitted a private company to uproot baobab trees in Kilifi and transport them to the United States. CS ...

Little Baobab SF near 19th & Mission Streets. Photo by Anlan Cheney. We have big news: The American Journalism Project is investing $1.5 million in Mission Local! It’s a powerful validation of our ...

Zimbabwe is very proud of The Big Tree, the huge baobab tree close to Victoria Falls. While it may not exactly be the tallest ...

Driving beyond South Africa's Limpopo province, into the village of Chivadini, people and grassland are scarce. But the oldest living organisms in Africa -- baobab trees -- are abundant. These ...

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, ...

Wolfgang Alders received funding from the US National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the US National Endowment for the Humanities. Unguja Island, in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is part of ...

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 Anyone who has ever seen a living baobab tree should find ...