Alien-looking plants, chameleons, lemurs, royal tombs, and an ancient sacred fig tree: Madagascar's Sakoantovo forest is truly extraordinary. A new conservation approach combining traditional ...

As darkness seeped across a "sacred" forest in southern Madagascar, a scaly creature climbed along a boulder. Something about the camouflaged animal caught the attention of visiting scientists ...

In Madagascar, communities and scientists are growing tens of thousands of baobab seedlings to restore the 1,000-year-old forests. Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by ...

Madagascar is home to many unique species, including a variety of lemurs. But there's one species living in the island's forests that scientists hadn't quite been able to figure out until now: cats.

Madagascar’s Mangroves: The Ultimate Giving Trees Locals already use the trees for food, fuel and building materials. Now they’re burning them to make lime clay. Helen Scales, Hakai Magazine.

Toliara, Madagascar - 2 years of drought and late arrival of the rainy season in south western Madagascar have forced hundreds of farmers into charcoal producing which is devastating forests, ...

Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar's poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said.

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 ...

But Madagascar kept calling him back, so in the remote north of Sainte-Marie, he bought 45 hectares of land and, along with his Canadian wife Vi, built a barefoot luxury hotel, which opened in 2024.

Madagascar is a hotspot for gecko diversity, and the latest to appear on the tree of life is Uroplatus garamaso. U. garamaso, with a length of 8.3-13.9 cm (3.3-5.5 in), is one of the larger leaf ...

Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar's poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said.<BR><BR ...