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. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

Madagascar has many “mini” creatures. These include a recently discovered group of miniaturized frogs as well as the discovery earlier this year of the smallest reptile on earth – the Brookesia nana, ...

By Mino Rakotovao Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting ...

Somewhere in the faraway Mozambique Channel, on Madagascar’s tiny, roadless, volcanic “Lemur Island,” a tawny-colored, wet-nosed, white-maned, utterly adorable lemur suddenly pounced from a tree in ...

Madagascar is renowned for its unique and varied biodiversity, which spans dry grasslands, wet rain forests, mangroves and deserts. This variety, combined with the island’s isolation and size, has ...

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Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is a haven of unparalleled biodiversity, both on land and in its surrounding waters. Nestled off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, the ...

An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound ...