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 ...

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 ...

No wonder she was known as the "mad monarch of Madagascar." But how did this high-ranking royal turn into such a despised and dangerous individual? Click through and revisit one of history's most ...

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 ...

Use these lesson plans to help your students understand more about the history, people, and ecosystems of Madagascar. Each lesson is related to information contained within this Web site.

Image by Jess Webster. An indri lemur watches over its forest home in Eastern Madagascar To capture the story of one of the forest’s most unusual inhabitants, the BBC team ventured into the ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...