Almost half of the world’s chameleon species live on the island of Madagascar. This chameleon ... These grasping feet are ideal for tree climbing. Chameleons also have an extremely extensile ...

Seven newly discovered species from the tree frog genus Boophis, found across the rainforests of Madagascar, emit special ...

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

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 ...

Less than half of all tree species (41.5%) were deemed “safe”. And, 142 species are already extinct. Madagascar and Brazil topped the list, as countries with approximately 1,800 threatened ...

I was also surprised that most of these—about 44,000 species—were endemic to a single island only, such as Madagascar or New Guinea. These numbers were far higher than expected, given that ...

And if little forest is left in between fields, then there are no parent trees to provide ... so is the habitat for Madagascar's unique plant and animal species. The loss of habitat due to ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs ... lemurs live in the dry forests of western Madagascar and rarely leave the forests' trees. Little is known of these rare primates.