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 ...

The IUCN has so far identified more than 48,600 species threatened with extinction worldwide, whice represents 28 percent of all the species assessed. Several threats to biodiversity are man-made: in ...

Madagascar’s one-of-a-kind creatures are vanishing at an alarming rate, victims of deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade. An American in Madagascar might feel like they’ve stumbled into another ...

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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 ...

Madagascar is a place full of unusual animals because it was isolated from other landmasses so long ago. Now scientists have learned more about a crocodile that once lived among humans and sported ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - How did the lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses get to the large, isolated island of Madagascar sometime after 65 million years ago? A pair of scientists say their ...