Hougaard Malan / Panoramic view of the Milky Way over baobab trees. Kubu Island, Makgadikgadi pans, Botswana. May 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Baobab trees under starry night sky. Kubu Island, Makgadikgadi pans, Botswana. May 2012.

Barrie Britton / Baobab tree (Adansonia rubrostipa) Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series, August 2009.

Inaki Relanzon / "The Lovers" Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri). Near Morondava, Madagascar, Africa, September 2010.

Nick Garbutt / Ox cart and Grandidier's Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) Near Morondava, western Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Grandidier's Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) at dusk. Near Morondava, western Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Jouan & Rius / Avenue of Boabab trees (Adansonia grandidieri) during raining season, Baobabs Avenue, Morondava, West Madagascar,

Inaki Relanzon / Looking up at Baobab (Andasonian grandidieri) on Baobabs Avenue, Morondava, West Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Looking up at Baobabs (Andasonian grandidieri) on Baobabs Avenue, Morondava, West Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Boabab trees (Adansonia grandidieri) silhouetted at sunset. Madagascar

Eric Baccega / African bee colony (Apis mellifera) on Baobab tree, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Shane P. White / Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) trees along road used by locals, Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar