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 ...

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 ...

The research cracks the code on the iconic baobab tree's origin story, revealing their surprising origins in Madagascar and incredible ... also known as upside-down trees, or the tree of life ...

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 ...

We generated whole-genome data for all eight baobab species, using samples from wild trees in Madagascar, Senegal and Australia. Using these data, we reconstructed the trees’ evolutionary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tenrecs are wonderfully weird,' says senior researcher Dr Natalie Cooper, who's spent time in Madagascar studying these animals. 'They are my favourite group of mammals.' Tenrecs range from species ...

In central Madagascar, a “soft chirp-like” sound ... They had a very specific goal in mind: survey the frogs living in screw pine trees. Within the “long, pointed leaves” of screw pine ...