The mysteriously rich diversity of life on the isle of Madagascar might have arrived there in part on 'floating islands' carried by ocean currents, researchers now say. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

Madagascar has many “mini” creatures. These include a recently discovered group of miniaturized frogs as well as the discovery earlier this year of the smallest reptile on earth – the Brookesia nana, ...

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 ...

Somewhere in the faraway Mozambique Channel, on Madagascar’s tiny, roadless, volcanic “Lemur Island,” a tawny-colored, wet-nosed, white-maned, utterly adorable lemur suddenly pounced from a tree in ...

The well-known Pinocchio chameleon of Madagascar, with its remarkably long nose, has turned out to be a surprise for ...

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Found just a little over 400 kilometers (250 miles) off the coast of Mozambique, the island of Madagascar is not only the ...