Fruits from this tree are both sweet and tart, and it is native to Southern Africa. "They have cut it down," she said. "And has been cut down for what? To get firewood for the kiln, curing the bricks.

African milk tree is a succulent that resembles a cactus and is often grown indoors. The African milk tree (Euphorbia trigona ...

The trees, known for surviving even under severe conditions like drought or fire, need more than 20 years to start producing fruit and aren't cultivated but foraged.

Since she was a child, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead ... devastating drought in southern Africa, worsened by the El Niño weather ...

The African milk tree (Euphorbia trigona) goes by many names, including cathedral cactus, friendship cactus, and good luck cactus. Despite having multiple names containing the word cactus ...

By Rachel Nuwer Rachel Nuwer has reported on earlier concerns about baobabs as well as the trees’ evolutionary origins. Baobabs are arboreal icons that have punctuated Africa’s landscapes for ...

When Kenya's President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto led the country in a National Tree Planting exercise at Kiambicho Forest in Muranga County on May 10, 2024. [PCS] Six African leaders ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has gifted African countries drought-tolerant trees to support environmental conservation as it marks 51 years of cooperation with the continent. Well known as the ...

Another giant among the pigmies of modern days is the Baobab (Adansonia), an African tree, specimens of which, growing on the banks of the Senegal river, 60 to 80 feet high, and 30 feet in ...

As a response, the African Union set up an ambitious continent-wide megaproject in 2007 to address these social-ecological issues and combat poverty. The Great Green Wall initiative is a tree ...

Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine how our genetic history differs from theirs. A range of ...

As its name suggests, this aphid attacks apple trees and is recognisable by the white, waxy excretions that cover and protect the insects. The aphid is native to the US and can be found throughout the ...