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 ...

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 ...

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” calls came from several “cute” creatures living near streams.

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 ...