The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it's still regarded as a place of unique ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar on Tuesday received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago. It's ...

Modern humans settled on the African island of Madagascar, in the southwestern corner of the Indian Ocean, thousands of years later than commonly thought, according to a study published in the journal ...

Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought. Analysis of ...

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar ceremonially received three colonial-era skulls from France on Tuesday, 128 years after they were taken from the Indian Ocean nation, including one believed to be ...

In 2018, Madagascar had one of the highest rates of stunting in the world, with 42 percent of children affected; in some regions stunting rates were as high as 50-60 percent. Stunting – linked to poor ...

The littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar are a national conservation priority due to high degrees of biodiversity, but face pressures from regular human use and a future mining operation. A ...

Humans once lived alongside megafauna such as this elephant bird, giant lemurs, dwarf hippos and giant tortoises on Madagascar. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of years ago, humans lived ...

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—Atholl Anderson of Australian National University and his colleagues examined some 3,000 ancient animal bones unearthed in southwestern Madagascar to look for evidence of butchery ...

Two other people — the pilot and a military officer — are missing, Madagascar's Maritime and River Port Agency said Madagascar's police minister is recovering from a harrowing swim to safety following ...

Large animals, called megafauna, went extinct in Madagascar about 1,000 years ago. Humans are believed to have played a major role in their disappearance. A human population boom, supported by the ...