As a result, a large number of people across Madagascar are highly dependent on the island’s ecosystems for their livelihoods ...

Habitat degradation and deforestation are recognized as principal threats to wildlife globally but have especially destructive implications on the island nation of Madagascar, where four out of five ...

When you’re on the lookout for lemurs — the unusually cute and endangered group of primates found only on the African island of Madagascar — it helps to have good eyes (lemurs are small), sharp ears ...

Biologists have developed a remarkable new roadmap for finding and protecting the best remaining holdouts for thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar, an island nation considered one of ...

Wildlife Madagascar proudly announces the inaugural International Chameleon Day, to be celebrated annually on May 9th. International Chameleon Day is a global initiative aimed at honoring and raising ...

Conservation group TRAFFIC uncovered nearly 600 Madagascar reptiles and amphibians on sale in Thai markets, including endangered species and those banned for sale by the Convention on International ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 2015—On 29th September, Malagasy Customs and border police officials scanning luggage discovered a staggering 771 wild native tortoises concealed in two wooden boxes ...

Madagascar’s election on Wednesday could have major implications for the future of the island’s environment and wildlife, says a prominent conservation scientist. In an op-ed published this week in Al ...

International cooperation leading to hundreds of endangered animals being repatriated to Madagascar after being seized by police in Thailand has been hailed as an unprecedented success. David Newton, ...

Torn off from the Indian subcontinent some 88 million years ago, it’s a Petri dish of endemic evolution: the Texas-sized island is home to half of the world’s chameleon species (including this tiny ...