The world’s rarest baobab species is Adansonia perrieri, seen here growing in the Ankarana Special Reserve, a protected forest in northern Madagascar.Scientists estimate only around 200 trees ...

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

In Madagascar, a bottle-gourd-shaped island off Africa’s eastern coast, it is easy to miss the trees for the woods. Its fabled forests are retreating rapidly; 1-2% are wiped out each year.

MAROANSETRA, Madagascar — Exploiting a political crisis, Malagasy timber barons are robbing this island nation of its sylvan heritage, illegally cutting down scarce species of rosewood trees in ...

Discover the unique beauty of Madagascar with this stunning drone footage, capturing its towering baobab trees, pristine ...

Hidden deep within Madagascar’s forests, a deadly and elusive creature known as the Fossa reigns supreme as the island's most ...

Madagascar launched a national drive on Jan. 19 that aims to plant 60 million trees in the coming months to mark 60 years of independence, and in the hope of restoring the island’s forests.

Palms are an important part of Madagascar's forests, which are home to a wide variety of life.All 192 species of palm tree assessed in this study are unique to the island. Palm trees are also ...

Madagascar is expansive, and travel is slow, so in the month I spent there in 2015, I only saw and experienced a tiny fraction of what the island and its people have to offer. Image Men with zebu ...

Questions at the ready, I signed up with Exodus Travels to cycle and trek in Madagascar. The world’s fourth-largest island sits off the east coast of Africa, a location it has occupied for more ...

Somewhere in the faraway Mozambique Channel, on Madagascar’s tiny, roadless, volcanic “Lemur Island,” a tawny-colored, wet-nosed, white-maned, utterly adorable lemur suddenly pounced from a ...

Somewhere in the faraway Mozambique Channel, on Madagascar’s tiny, roadless, volcanic “Lemur Island,” a tawny-colored, wet-nosed, white-maned, utterly adorable lemur suddenly pounced from a ...