Yet all of books' covers featured an acacia tree, an orange sunset over the veld ... I asked Peter Mendelsund—who is an associate art director of Knopf, a gifted cover designer, and the ...

It was the only Acacia tree for 250 miles ... "It's a new kind of collaborative art. The lighting depends on the vision of the particular animator's code," said Alexander Green, co-lead artist ...

There used to be many more acacia trees. Twenty years ago, the savannah was covered with them. These trees provided food and shelter for native acacia ants and in turn, the ants defended the trees ...

Ecologists have discovered the secret weapon used by certain acacia trees to defend themselves against ravenous elephants: ants. The finding could one day help conservationists protect vulnerable ...

They may not have saved a century-old dying acacia tree, but a team of scientists ... To Co, reviving the tree into an art form will serve as a lasting “reminder” for Tanay residents ...

A similar story manifested in 1973 when a lone acacia tree, standing as the only one in about 250 miles of the Nigerian Sahara desert through generations, was uprooted due to mere human ...

In Central America, ants act as bodyguards for acacia trees, defending them from weeds and hungry animals in exchange for room and board, one of the most iconic alliances in nature. (See "Ant ...