A baobab tree is truly a wonderful sight when viewed in its natural habitat. There are only eight species in total with six native to Madagascar, one native to Africa, and one native to Australia.

Tracing history through the baobab and tamarind reveals hidden paths of human migration and forgotten suffering.

Baobab trees live to be very old and grow to be very tall. The Sunland “Big baobab” in Limpopo Province in South Africa reached 22 metres high and 47 metres in circumference before it toppled ...

How did they get these strange names? The largest and most striking tree in the Flower Dome, the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata), also known as the Upside Down Tree, is one of nature's most ...

One of the most popular attractions in Madagascar, the Avenue of the Baobabs, is a dirt road flanked by about 25 Baobab trees. The trees, which are only found on the island, grow to be almost 100 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kaya elders have over the years performed rites inside the over 30 shrines across Coast ...

Many recognise it as a common sight in dry areas while others look at it as an upside-down tree that lives to inspire folklores but the iconic African baobab tree has recently topped the global ...

“When around 70 percent of your 1,500- to 2,000-year-old trees died within 12 years, it certainly is not normal,” Erika Wise, a geographer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who was not ...

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 ...