Madagascar is home to an unforgettable cast of wildlife characters.

Madagascar’s northern coast is home to rich marine and terrestrial biodiversity, but fisheries pressure, mangrove loss, and coral reef threats are reshaping the region. Locally led conservation ...

wildmadagascar.org, a site that highlights the spectacular cultural and biological richness of Madagascar and reports on environmental news for the Indian Ocean island nation. Rhett’s most recent ...

Biologists have developed a remarkable new roadmap for finding and protecting the best remaining holdouts for thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar, an island nation considered one of ...

Imagine, forty million years ago a great tropical storm rises up on the eastern coast of Africa. Hundreds of trees are blown over and swept out to sea, but one harbors something special: inside a dry ...

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A wet little nose burrows into my neck. Long, silky fur brushes my cheek. Gentle paws grasp my shoulders. A small black face peers at me. I’m up close and very personal with a sifaka lemur and it’s an ...

JOHANNESBURG – Madagascar's political turmoil threatens the Indian Ocean island's rare wildlife, 13 international conservation groups said in a joint statement Monday. The World Wide Fund for Nature, ...

Humans once lived alongside megafauna such as this elephant bird, giant lemurs, dwarf hippos and giant tortoises on Madagascar. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of years ago, humans lived ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 2015—On 29th September, Malagasy Customs and border police officials scanning luggage discovered a staggering 771 wild native tortoises concealed in two wooden boxes ...

Madagascar is in the midst of a toxic invasion. Since around 2010, an army of invasive Asian toads (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) has gained a foothold in and around the eastern port of Toamasina after ...

After a period of unrest pushed the country into Level 3, "Reconsider Travel," the U.S. Department of State recently lowered its advisory to Level 2, “Exercise Increased Caution.” ...