THE baobab tree Adansonia digitata L. (family Bomb-acaceae) has been variously estimated as being several hundred to several thousand years old. The French botanist Adanson, after whom the tree ...

She would join two other activists, staying in a 1,000-year-old tree named "Luna." The initiative was sponsored by Earth First!, an organization that shared her passion for preserving redwoods.

After connecting with like-minded activists at a protest in Eureka, California, Hill learned of an opportunity to participate in a tree sit. She would join two other activists, staying in a 1,000-year ...