A new gecko species, Paragehyra tsaranoro, has been discovered in Madagascar's Tsaranoro valley. As a microendemic species, ...

Madagascar is widely regarded for its exceptional biodiversity, which has evolved over 80 million years in near total isolation. More than 80% of all plants and 90% of all animals found on the ...

Madagascar is famous for its exceptional biodiversity, with many of its plants and animals found nowhere else. However, it is also one of the world's lowest-income nations and this has put the ...

Pope Francis said on Saturday rapid deforestation and reduction in biodiversity in individual countries should not be treated as local issues since they threaten the future of the whole planet.

Madagascar received $8.8 million for carbon credits from reducing 1.76 million tons of carbon emissions in 2020, becoming the third country in Africa (after Mozambique and Ghana) to be paid by the ...

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has committed $16-million to the Makira Natural Park’s Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) project, in ...

At least two species of Madagascar lemurs teetering on the brink of extinction because of deforestation could be pushed over the edge by climate change, researchers said Monday. Ruffed lemurs ...

Substantial efforts have been made to uproot deforestation in Southwestern Madagascar, where 99% of people use wood or charcoal to cook their meals. For Earth Hour 2014, WWF Madagascar subsidized the ...