I didn't expect that about 20% of all plants globally were endemic to islands. I was also surprised that most of these—about 44,000 species—were endemic to a single island only, such as ...

The Madagascar heron, also known as Humblot’s heron, is a species of heron endemic to the north and west coasts of Madagascar. It is also natively present in the Comoro Islands and Mayotte. Due ...

Madagascar is home to ninety eight different species of endemic chameleons. We have the biggest species of chameleon in the world called Calumma parsonii, as well as the smallest one called ...

The objective of my trip to Madagascar was to spot lemurs in their native habitat and I was fortunate to spot almost 20 species in the most prominent reserves. And the ten-day lemur trail was ...

Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home this week, the Indian Ocean island-nation’s Environment Ministry said.

NEW YORK, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Officials from the Indianapolis Zoo announce Dr. Lily-Arison René de Roland, renowned scientist and biodiversity conservationist in Madagascar, as the 2025 ...