Bare hills: aerial view of deforestation and soil erosion in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In terms of biodiversity, the hugely imperiled forests of Madagascar may be among the world’s ...

Madagascar’s protected area network has expanded rapidly in the past decade, and today spans 7 million hectares (17 million acres). Yet 307 endemic tree species like L. ambondrombeensis lie ...

If the tree is formally listed, "It becomes a two-sided accountability. It would not just be the Malagasy government anymore; it would become illegal to import the wood," she said.

He recalled his first time seeing a baobab in Madagascar. "When I touched the bark of the baobab, I decided to know the evolutionary history of these special trees," he said.

More than 30 Canarium tree species are found on Madagascar, and the largest of these have seeds that resemble large olives and are too big for Madagascar's existing lemurs to eat.

According to Zoo Knoxville, breeding Madagascar tree boas is a delicate process, and there are fewer than 40 Madagascar tree boas in zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA ...

Rice University. "Loss of lemurs might endanger many of Madagascar's largest tree species." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 July 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 / 180702130024.htm>.

The third new species — Boophis kirki, or Kirk’s tree frog — preferred “fast flowing streams” and often perched too high up in the trees for researchers to see it, the study said.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville welcomed seven new Madagascar tree boas on Wednesday in the first successful breeding of the species in the United States this year.