When you’re on the lookout for lemurs — the unusually cute and endangered group of primates found only on the African island of Madagascar — it helps to have good eyes (lemurs are small), sharp ears ...

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way on Saturday. The ...

In the biodiverse forests of Madagascar, stray cats and dogs pose threats to wildlife by hunting and harassing wild animals or transmitting diseases to them. The Mad Dog Initiative, an American NGO, ...

International cooperation leading to hundreds of endangered animals being repatriated to Madagascar after being seized by police in Thailand has been hailed as an unprecedented success. David Newton, ...

Every year, significant quantities of protected animals and plants leave Madagascar, smuggled across borders through its ports and airports. Moving via both freight and passenger routes, these illicit ...

Madagascar is renowned for its unique and varied biodiversity, which spans dry grasslands, wet rain forests, mangroves and deserts. This variety, combined with the island's isolation and size, has ...

Tiana Andriamanana was alarmed when she saw the fires swallowing Madagascar’s forests in March. She’d grown used to seeing illegal burns for agricultural expansion, but such widespread blazes so early ...

It is believed that Madagascar belongs to the top biodiversity hotspots on our planet because more than 90 percent of the wildlife here is endemic. Red ruffed lemur in Madagascar Madagascar is famous ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of ...