This video shows the famous Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava, Madagascar, where enormous baobab trees stand on both sides ...

Madagascar is an important world conservation "hot spot" that supports a large number of endemic species. It is home to six endemic baobab species, the most remarkable trees in Africa. What will be ...

These baobab trees in Sine Saloum park, Senegal descended from seedlings that floated over from Madagascar. Tuul and Bruno Morandi/Getty Images There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they ...

The majestic baobabs of Madagascar are more than just awe-inspiring silhouettes on the horizon; they are the historical keepers of the Earth’s climate. These colossal trees have been alive for over a ...

In a forest in Madagascar, the demise of a centuries-old baobab points to the fraying of a fragile ecosystem. Cyrille CornuCredit... Supported by By Jonathan Wolfe The first sign that the tree was in ...

Why it's incredible: The baobabs are the remnants of a dense forest that once covered Madagascar. As its name suggests, the Avenue of the Baobabs is a road in Madagascar that’s lined with towering ...

Six of the world's eight baobab species are indigenous to Madagascar, where the distinctive trees with giant trunks have historically grown in huge forests. But these forests are threatened by ...

If you visit the southwest corner of Madagascar, you might find a tree so old its name is Grandmother. She has three stems, fused together, so that her trunk resembles a massive rounded pot rather ...

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, ...

MEET Malaindrano, a giant baobab tree hollowed out to store water. It grows in Ampotaka, a village in the Mahafaly plateau region of Madagascar, where there are 300 baobabs for every 475 people. Each ...