Here are some key facts about Madagascar: * THE ECONOMY: -- Traditionally the Madagascan economy has been based on growing paddy rice, coffee, vanilla and cloves. But in recent years, there have ...

Where do lemurs come from and what are their origins? The ancestors of the lemurs would have arrived from Africa to Madagascar by natural floating rafts 65 million years ago. Then they evolved and ...

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade back into their unique spiny forest home.