The secret life of baobabs: how bats and moths keep Africa’s giant trees alive

by Sarah Venter – Baobab Ecologist, University of the Witwatersrand, published in The Conversation 6 November 2025 Baobabs are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern Australia and one species, Adansonia digitata, is […]

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