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 ...

Vangas? Mesites? Have you ever seen a giraffe-necked weevil? An octopus tree? The three-cornered palm? Madagascar has lizards that scream, giant cockroaches that hiss, and trees that hold 200 ...

Majesty palm (Ravenea rivularis) is a tropical tree native to Madagascar, where it can grow nearly 100 feet tall, and an ...