Of the 109 different lemur species in Madagascar, nearly a third of them are perilously close to disappearing. Of baobab trees, the Adansonia perrieri species is at high risk for extinction.

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. Deforestation and ...

Additionally, researchers determined that lower sea levels allowed baobab trees to better thrive across Madagascar. “During times of relatively low sea level, vast areas of Madagascar were ...

The baobab tree evolved on the island of Madagascar before eventually spreading ... niches with their own climates and soil. How these trees then reached continental Africa and Australia is ...

Feared and revered in equal parts, this goblin-like native of Madagascar is a beautiful example of how evolution can drive the creation of some wonderfully weird creatures. With straggly hair and ...

Six are found in Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean ... We think that by the time the baobab trees spread across the continent to west Africa, a cell division mistake had occurred in ...

But these forests are threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture – 4,000 hectares of baobab forest in Madagascar are destroyed every year. Baobab trees can live for 1,000 years and one hectare of ...

These towering giants are a symbol of Madagascar, with six of the eight baobab species found nowhere else on Earth. Alongside lemurs, fossas and other unique wildlife, these trees paint a vivid ...

By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of Madagascar, trees come alive ... “These are amazing animals. They are so weird. They look totally different from all of the other ...

C. elivensis was a tetrapod that lived during between 252 million to 260 million years ago in present-day Madagascar, and used a patagium (thin membranes extending from its torso to the front ...