Being female can be a risky business, especially if you are a Marula tree in Africa receiving the attention of elephants. Research published in African Journal of Ecology shows that the female Marula ...

Dispelling years of anecdotes in travelogues, the popular press, and scholarly works, biologists from the University of Bristol argue that it is nearly impossible for elephants to become intoxicated ...

The story that Marula trees, scientifically referred to as Sclerocarya birrea, can get elephants drunker than skunks may sadly be an age-old superstition but that does not take away from the tree and ...

People rave about South Africa's wine, but rarely its liqueur. Amarula is the country's ode to the marula tree, an exclusive species that's spiritually and culturally interwoven into the South African ...

It is uncommon to witness anyone climb up the marula tree to pick its fruit. The tree, scientifically dubbed the Sclerocarya birrea after its hard nut clothed with a fleshy pulp, rarely grows to ...

David Malatji and Doris Seamela stand holding the marula fruit whilst Anna kneels down. Two sisters are collecting the fruit from marula trees and are brewing beer as their only source of income.

The marula tree, which grows in South Africa, is a tree with many unique uses. For thousands of years, people have used the tree for food, medicine and other interesting applications. The marula grows ...

Being female can be a risky business, especially if you are a Marula tree in Africa receiving the attention of elephants. The tasty, nutritious and vitamin C-rich Marula fruits are much sought after ...