The famous Boab prison tree found 5km south-east of the remote north-western WA town of Derby. Image credit: shutterstock The boab tree, an icon of the Kimberley. In 1820, on first encountering a boab ...

This boab engraved with the image of a snake is one of 12 rediscovered during a 2021 expedition into the Tanami Desert in Australia. The carvings have cultural ties to the Jaru, an Aboriginal ...

Derby Boab Tree (IMAGE) University of Adelaide. Caption. The so-called "prison tree," a boab tree near Derby, Western Australia. Credit. Dr. Elizabeth Grant. Usage Restrictions.

These carved images may be hundreds or thousands of years old. Lewis Field, Author provided. Some hint of the great age of the boabs can be gleaned from the heritage-listed “Mermaid tree” on ...

An iconic 1000-year-old boab tree in the Kimberly region of Western Australia fell on Thursday after heavy rains filled up its hollow branches and caused it to become top heavy.

First Nations Australians also used parts of the boab for medicine. While the culinary and health attributes of boabs are well known, less well known is that many of these trees are culturally ...

Race against time to document ancient boab tree carvings ... 3D photogrammatry is being used to create a digital copy of the engravings for posterity, using thousands of images for every tree.

Let’s begin with a small attempt to understand one of Nature’s marvels. Looking like a misfit, the boab tree, also known as ...

Looking like a misfit, the boab tree, also known as bottle tree or upside-down tree due to its freaky swollen trunk, is a venerable living thing that can, if it had a voice, narrate the passing of ...

After two years of fieldwork, a group of researchers and First Nations Australians have announced the discovery of centuries-old carvings on 12 boab trees in Australia’s Tanami Desert. Carvings ...

Australia's Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. It's a hard place to access and an even harder place to survive.< ...

It takes the shape of art in the bark of iconic and bountiful boab trees. Our ne Sue O'Connor, Author providedAustralia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth.