Researchers say that many of the largest and oldest African baobab trees are dying. Normally these trees can live for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

Join Cape Town-based photojournalist Matt Sterne as he describes in his own words what it's like to get up close to Muri Kungulwa, a colossal baobab tree in South Africa.

Baobabs are Africa's oldest and most beautiful trees, but they're under threat They can live to 2,500 years old, but researches have discovered these trees are dying in droves. Aida Cuni Sanchez ...

Driving beyond South Africa’s Limpopo province, into the village of Chivadini, people and grassland are scarce. But the oldest living organisms in Africa – baobab trees – are abundant. These ...

Nine of Africa's 13 largest and oldest baobabs have suddenly collapsed and died, likely due to climate change, say scientists who study these ancient and iconic trees ...

Some of the oldest and biggest baobab trees in Africa have died recently, becoming the latest possible victims of climate change, according to a study.

Animals sometimes sleep inside the hollows of giant 2,000-year old baobab trees inside Kruger Game Preserve in South Africa. Humans too, sometimes use the trees, for more dubious purposes -- a ...

Two other trees—Dorslandboom in Namibia and Glencoe in South Africa—are also more than 2,000 years old; their largest and oldest stems have collapsed, but parts of them are still alive.