(Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Madagascar where President Marc Ravalomanana handed power to the military on Tuesday, clearing the way for an opposition takeover after a months-long ...

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 ...

Under the Large-scale Seagrass Mapping and Management Initiative (LaSMMI), the seagrass mapping effort is now expanding to Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar, covering 2 million square ...

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.

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 ...