Madagascar, a land of breathtaking beauty, hides mysterious predators among its lush forests and unique wildlife, with deadly ...

The loss of habitat due to deforestation is the biggest single threat to Madagascar's wildlife. Although the exact extent of forest loss is not known with certainty, only 10 percent of Madagascar ...

Madagascar is famed for its rich biodiversity and host of cast away creatures. Evolving in isolation from the rest of the world, the plants and animals found here are among the most unique on ...

Recent research suggests this ancestor rafted to Madagascar from Africa on floating vegetation. These traits could have helped it survive the journey. They're also seen in other wildlife believed to ...

In January, severe flooding caused by two cyclones severely damaged Itampolo’s Lavavolo Tortoise Center, located in Ampanihy ...

Madagascar's wildlife is almost wholly unique to the island. You've probably heard of lemurs, but how about tenrecs? Vangas? Mesites? Have you ever seen a giraffe-necked weevil? An octopus tree?

This insect looks—and sounds—like anything but a run-of-the-mill roach. Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of Madagascar.

Illegal wildlife trafficking occurs in nearly 30% of worlds’ most protected areas. These include the World Heritage site Atsinanana Rainforest in Madagascar, threatened by the trade in rosewood and ...

GUIDE: So just up there - that’s one of our animals - the greater bamboo lemur. CHILDREN: That’s pretty special! / Very privileged. CHILD NARRATOR: But with rainforests in Madagascar being ...

Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere else on Earth. Lemurs may have floated there eons ago on “rafts” of vegetation and evolved in ...