Camera trap photos on the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in Madagascar captured images of, clockwise from upper-left: a dog and cat, a troop of ring-tailed lemurs and two Verreaux’s sifakas. In 2003, a ...

Madagascar is an island that's no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it's located in the ...

Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s ...

Just a few thousand years ago, Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates ...

Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from mainland Africa. The island was predator free, and the lemurs evolved into ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Many of Madagascar’s charismatic lemurs are in big trouble. Slash ...

Madagascar’s land reshaped twice. Two giant rifts flipped slopes, reversed rivers, and formed isolated landscapes that ...

Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15% of all primate species living today—even though the island covers less than 1% of Earth's ...

The recent seizure in Thailand of 48 lemurs and more than 1,200 critically endangered tortoises endemic to Madagascar underscores the global scale of wildlife trafficking networks that use Thailand as ...

What do you know about lemurs? I did not know much before I went to Madagascar earlier this year, just that they are somehow related to monkeys, and that some of them have huge round eyes. Now I have ...