Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps, and they suspect it could live for as long as 3,000 years. In 2019, botanist Andrea Bianchi and two local plant experts, Aloyce and ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda, and the National Museum of Kenya has made an extraordinary discovery in the Udzungwa ...

The assassination of the Austrian Archduke, the immediate successor to emperor Franz Joseph I, was a provocation that a month ...

The trees’ specific name – princeps – comes from the Latin word for “most eminent”, a reference to their crowns that protrude through the forest canopy as they grow up to 40 meters above ...

Researchers in Tanzania have unveiled a previously unknown species of gigantic tree, Tessmannia princeps, towering over the tropical rainforests of the Udzungwa Mountains. The discovery adds to the ...