Baobab flowers are the size of saucers – measuring up to 15cm across – and open as the sun sets. They are then pollinated by moths and bats. The flowers remain alive for just 24 hours ...

Seuss book. How did they get these strange names? The largest and most striking tree in the Flower Dome, the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata), also known as the Upside Down Tree, is one of ...

Proctor, who calls herself biracial and bicontinental, was selected by author and lifelong gardener Teresa Speight to be ...

Baobab flowers are large and have evolved alongside large nocturnal, sugar eating animals like hawk moths, fruit bats and the ...

These sweetly scented, light-colored flowers bloom in the late afternoon and evening, just in time to attract this nocturnal pollinator. As with the fuchsia, the baobab's flowers hang downward and ...

As regular visitors to Gangewadiya, across the southern boundary of Wilpattu National Park where the Kala Oya flows into the Dutch Bay, we have often seen its magnificent mangroves - the building ...

The bird is drawn to its red sepals, and the positioning of its pendulous flowers allows the bird, which can consume more than its body weight in food each day, to hover easily in place while ...

A baobab is something you will never ... depending on the variety. Flowers are lavender, pink, purple or white and redolent of mint. Hirsute, grayish-green leaves appear opposite along the ...

When selecting a baobab tree for bonsai, choose a young tree with a well-developed root system and a thick, straight trunk. Look for a tree with healthy foliage and no signs of pests or diseases.

Woodcock Creek Nature Center will host a furbearers program from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Shelter No. 1 at Stainbrook Park. Jim Murphy of the Pennsylvania Trappers Association will present an ...

A sanctuary for big cats, like tigers, leopards, and cougars, in northern Minnesota is buying a large chunk of land.