Madagascar owes its name to Marco Polo. The famous traveler heard about the island during his wanderings in Africa. The name ...

An indri lemur watches over its forest home in Eastern Madagascar To capture the story ... while iconic baobabs tower over the land, known locally as ‘mother of the forest.’ ...

and that a staggering 80-90 percent of Madagascar's land area burns each year. Although much of the forest destruction may have come about at the hand of the small farmer or herdsman, the causes ...

Despite pledges to halt deforestation and youth-led efforts to reverse it, Madagascar is losing its trees faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.

These numbers were far higher than expected, given that islands make up only about 6% of terrestrial land. Some, like New Guinea, Cuba, Borneo and Madagascar, have many endemic species because ...

Never fear. Despite decades of speculation, which included the 1924 book Madagascar, Land of the Man-Eating Tree, no one has ever again laid eyes on this carnivorous horror, nor on the Mkodo tribe ...

But in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, over 10,000 people mining for sapphires didn’t cause more damage to the forest than farmers clearing land for agriculture, which remains the most ...

such as Madagascar or New Guinea. These numbers were far higher than expected, given that islands make up only about 6% of terrestrial land. What makes islands so rich for plant biodiversity?