The African baobab (Adansonia digitata) is the most widespread of the eight known baobab species. It endures in some of the harshest conditions, from salty water-bathed ocean shores to vast dry ...

A team of international academics successfully sequenced the genomes of each of the eight baobab species, examining their relationship with one another and concluded that they originated in ...

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 ...

Africa's baobab trees, popularly known as the Tree of Life, promise unique overnight experiences that can leave any traveler ...

Grandmother is a baobab tree, one of a species beloved worldwide not only for its longevity but also for its distinctive crown: a tangle of scraggly branches extends from the trees' top like ...

This finding offers a contrast with reports several years ago that Adansonia digitata, a baobab species that is widespread, was in serious jeopardy in the face of droughts and rising temperatures ...