For most of its life it looks just like a regular old palm. But then, after about 100 years, it flowers! A sort of large, ...

One of the most popular attractions in Madagascar, the Avenue of the Baobabs, is a dirt road flanked by about 25 Baobab trees. The trees, which are only found on the island, grow to be almost 100 ...

The giant Madagascar palm will be called Tahina spectabilis, which is Malagasy for blessed or to be protected. On the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists have discovered a new species of ...

Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” ...

These threatened nocturnal lemurs live in the dry forests of western Madagascar and rarely leave the forests' trees. Little is known of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that ...