The first sign that the tree was in trouble was the scent — a musty odor that cut through the warm forest air. “It smelled like mushrooms but worse, like decomposition,” sai ...

A viral video showing a man allegedly cutting down a 1,500 year old baobab tree in Africa has sparked outrage online.

On the island of St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a nearly 300-year-old baobab tree stands firmly in the center of a grass field. Its 50-foot-wide, swollen trunk and winnowy branches ...

Ancient tree felled: A man in Africa filmed himself cutting down a baobab estimated to be 1,500 years old, reportedly for house construction. Global reactions erupt: The footage went viral with over ...

One of Unguja Island’s ancient baobab trees. Courtesy Wolfgang Alders Unguja Island, in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is part of the cultural region known as the Swahili Coast. The Swahili Coast stretches from ...