Myrrh, a key ingredient in some luxury perfumes, is becoming harder to harvest in Ethiopia because of a historic drought.

It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting ...

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-old ...

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, it’s not a ...

The 81.5-metre “Entandrophragma excelsum” (African mahogany) sits on one of the foothills of yet Africa’s tallest mountain. The 81.5-metre “Entandrophragma excelsum” (African mahogany) sits on one of ...

The oldest and biggest angiosperm trees in the world, the African baobabs, are dying or already dead, an international team of scientists has found. The scientists added that the spate of deaths, ...

Baobabs, sometimes known as “upside down trees”, have a distinct appearance that is unmistakable, even from afar. Native to Africa, these iconic trees live in hot, dry savannahs and scrublands ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving Loveness Bhitoni picks up fallen baobab fruit under a baobab tree in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22 ...