Kaya elders have over the years performed rites inside the over 30 shrines across Coast region to deter people from cutting down indigenous trees. "Baobab trees are sacred. We use them when conducting ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. There are eight distinct species of ...

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, ...

The "grotesque" baobab tree has long been known as the "tree of life" for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid regions. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have ...

Baobabs are unique trees. They are among the world’s longest-living trees, with some being over 2,000 years old. They can survive prolonged droughts thanks to their ability to store water in their ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- The tree, being a baobab, is a huge and ancient thing, its massive trunk maybe 30 feet around and tapering hardly at all as it ascends. It is as much wall as tree, and ...

Several of Africa’s largest baobab trees have suddenly and unexpectedly died, with scientists fearing climate change to be the culprit. An icon of the African bush, the baobab with its swollen trunk ...

Some of the Baobab trees at Bofa Jetty in Kilifi County. The trees are sold to investors between Sh150,000 and 350,000 to a Georgian investor. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Kaya elders, Mijikenda ...