The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Credit: AP/Aaron Ufumeli. By The Associated PressUpdated September 18, 2024.

The smallest of the baobab species grows to 16 feet, while the largest of the trees can grow to be about 82 feet tall, with a circumference that measures the same, or even more. For comparison, a ...

The Sunland Baobab, located in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, had a gargantuan tree trunk circumference stretching out to 150 feet, with a cavern-like hollow center that was home to an ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year ...

The trees are featured in cultural traditions across Africa, and they also support the livelihoods of thousands of people who harvest baobab fruit. And across mainland Africa, a researcher has ...

Baobab trees can reach 100 feet tall, and they support entire ecosystems and communities with their large structures and natural resources. Tuul & Bruno Morandi via Getty Images. It’s ...

Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.

Nine of 13 of Africa’s oldest and largest baobab trees have died in the past decade, it has been reported. These trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years, appear to be victims of climate change.

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes.

Baobab trees in Madagascar, Africa. Scientists are finding that these trees are dying in rapid numbers. Getty Images "We suspect that the demise of monumental baobabs may be associated at least in ...

Baobabs are sometimes called the "tree of life" with their thick trunks, ... Scientists reveal mysterious origin of Baobab trees, Rafiki's home in 'The Lion King' May 17, 2024 3:00 AM ET. By .

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes. Archaeologists have long ...