(Reuters) - The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. When its contorted branches are leafless during the dry season, they resemble jumbled roots emanating from a thick trunk, making it ...

Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler writes about his visit to the dry forests of western Madagascar last month. The dry forest of western Madagascar is famous for its wildlife and baobab trees, including ...

If we do not act now, Baobab Alley could disappear in the coming decades Do you know that if we do not act now, Baobab Alley could disappear in the coming decades? The Menabe Antimena protected area, ...

On the west coast of Madagascar there is a breathtakingly beautiful place that people from all over the world travel to see. They take long plane rides from Japan and France and the United States, ...

A group of hikers chatted amiably as they prepared to go on a tour of the Kirindy Forest as part of the First Annual Baobab-Fosa Festival in Menabe, held over the weekend of July 21. Romping around ...

Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest trees are dying, and although climate change may be the culprit, scientists are still uncertain why. Africa’s baobab trees usually live to be anywhere from 1,100 to ...