The acacia tree has an expected lifespan of 15 to 30 years. So when a 320-year-old tree fell in the village of Balambala in northeast Kenya last week, locals were understandably distraught. Now, they ...

The acacia tree (etz hashita) is the signpost of the desert. Since the most important footpaths are the wadis, (dry stream beds) and the acacia trees grow on the banks of these wadis, an acacia is ...

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure named Cakradhara points to an acacia tree as a symbol of the cycle of ...

NAIROBI, KENYA (24 August 2009)—Scientists said today at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit—unlike virtually all other trees—holds ...

If animals and plants can’t defend themselves, they often form partnerships with bodyguards. Wasps use zombified caterpillars. Corals recruit goby fish. And acacia trees hire ants. The ants defend the ...

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure named Cakradhara points to an acacia tree as a symbol of the cycle of ...

A type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last ...