Adult tree mortality is negligible, except for where elephants are found. Elephants rely on eating baobab bark in the dry season, and when elephant numbers get too high, baobab trees become over ...

these trees can weigh several hundred tonnes, equivalent to at least 14 African elephants, and their trunks can reach a ...

which is equivalent to at least 14 African elephants. Growing for up to 5000 years, its trunk can grow to a diameter of 11 metres. In Modjadjiskloof, South Africa, a baobab tree was large enough ...

The traditional story of The Baobab Tree is told by Jan Blake, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Sidiki Dembélé and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Narrator: Come to a magical ...

You may have seen lions, elephants and snakes in the zoo ... for your average horse chestnut. Fortunately trees - such as this baobab - have adapted so that it can grow up to 25m tall and live ...

The death of a baobab at the Egmore Museum came to light long after the giant tree gave up its ghost. The discovery happened when someone had visited the museum, ironically, to greet this baobab ...