In the garden of a hotel in northern Madagascar, a “large” creature with “slit-like” ear openings perched on a tree. Its ...

Seven newly discovered species from the tree frog genus Boophis, found across the rainforests of Madagascar, emit special ...

Found only on Madagascar, lowland streaked tenrecs belong to a group of more than 30 known species of tenrec, all exhibiting a diverse array of characteristics and behaviour. How their early ...

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

“They are sacred animals for us ... Nearly 90 percent of its flora and fauna are found nowhere else on the planet. But economically Madagascar is one of the poorest countries; many inhabitants ...

Scientists have found seven new species of frogs in Madagascar whose high-pitched calls they say are like the “sound effects from the sci-fi television series Star Trek”. Researchers from the ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

In January, severe flooding caused by two cyclones severely damaged Itampolo’s Lavavolo Tortoise Center, located in Ampanihy on the southwest coast of Madagascar. The center is managed by the Turtle ...

A new study led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of Réunion and Duke University reveals that the black rat is ...

and today lemurs are found only in Madagascar. Free from the competition that likely drove them to extinction elsewhere, they evolved into richly varied forms, including now vanished species that ...

Madagascar has lizards that scream, giant cockroaches that hiss, and trees that hold 200 gallons of water in their bloated trunks. All these and thousands more plants and animals are found only on ...

Madagascar has an extraordinary diversity of animal species - 80% of which are found nowhere else in the world. But the deforestation is causing the destruction of the habitat of the lemur.