Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, sits just off Africa's southeast coast, near Mozambique. But despite this ...

Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren't precise ...

Schooners typically have two or three masts with multiple sails Madagascar's master shipbuilders can all trace their skills back to just one family who arrived on the African island more than 150 ...

In one of the largest repatriation operations of its kind, almost 1,000 trafficked lemurs and tortoises were successfully returned from Thailand to Madagascar. A photo released on November 27 ...

The biogeographic history of the group is unclear. The modern restricted distribution of the group in Africa, Southern Europe (southern Spain and Crete), Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A French trading ship that ... at the Le Village model ship making company that recreating history in miniature form can't be rushed. It'll take time to get the ...

Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on the turquoise Mozambique channel, miles off the west coast of Madagascar. It's a sunny morning. The only land in view is a tiny islet of white ...

Some 19th-century historians described her as the modern Messalina; others as a female Caligula. Meanwhile, Ida Laura ...

The lemurs of Madagascar are at the centre of a new mystery ... Finding out more about lemurs' ancient history could help conservation efforts. A recent study found that almost all species ...