When you’re on the lookout for lemurs — the unusually cute and endangered group of primates found only on the African island of Madagascar — it helps to have good eyes (lemurs are small), sharp ears ...

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way ...

On the island nation of Madagascar, a group of researchers set up a series of tent-like traps in the hope of catching insects as they flew through the rainforest. Called Malaise traps, the mesh ...

The mysteriously rich diversity of life on the isle of Madagascar might have arrived there in part on "floating islands" carried by ocean currents, researchers now say. Madagascar, the world's ...

Madagascar is home to over 200,000 species of animals, making it one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. The world’s fourth-largest island is defined by its beauty, with distinct wildlife ...

Madagascar has been isolated from mainland Africa and Asia for more than 80 million years and has developed a distinctive flora and fauna, with more than 90% of its species endemic to the island ...

After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its flora and fauna evolved in seclusion. As these transformed into plants and ...

Out of the mouths of lemurs come many answers to old mysteries about Madagascar's unique fauna. What were their origins, and how and why did they move around? New research by UC quaternary ...

The island nation’s isolation has given rise to some of the world’s most fascinating plants and animals Also known as a comet moth, this silk moth is one of the world's biggest. The male has a ...

A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires. Fig. 1 Life reconstruction of Sahonachelys mailakavava ...

Supporting the Malagasy governments’ efforts to combat wildlife crime and protect its uniquely endemic wildlife is the objective of a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ...

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