(MENAFN- The Conversation) There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the ...

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, ...

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 ...

As a result, a large number of people across Madagascar are highly dependent on the island’s ecosystems for their livelihoods ...

By capturing the same thing from very different perspectives, a NASA astronaut and an intrepid photographer create a whole ...

The residents of Ampotaka rely on the baobab trees during Madagascar's dry season. In the village of Ampotaka, the dry season can last several months. In order to survive, its residents rely on the ...

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 ...

Chinese and African researchers have recently uncovered evolutionary insights about baobab trees that suggest the iconic trees' conservation status needs to be revised. There are eight species of ...

From cowboying in the snow to painting underwater, see the eight award winning “outdoor adventures” from this year’s Nature’s ...

There are eight species of baobab in the world, and they have a surprising distribution. Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean; one is found on the continent of Africa; and the ...