Mad About Madagascar

05/01/2021

The mountainous forests of northern Madagascar are biodiverse beyond measure, containing plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet. Other forests in Madagascar have been lost in recent centuries and decades, but these have stood the test of time and remained relatively unscathed. The...

11/12/2019

Mad About Madagascar Mica Mining.

Investigation finds thousands of children are scavenging in deadly conditions for mineral widely used by car and electronics firms

05/10/2018

Critically endangered blue eyed black lemur baby - one month old at Parc Ivoloina.

27/09/2017

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Duke Lemur Center recently welcomed another newborn -- a rare baby aye-aye. Named after best-selling mystery writer Agatha Christie, the infant is the first aye-aye born at the Duke Lemur Center in six years, and one of only 24 of her kind in the United States. Third-time mom Med...

04/03/2017

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ calculates some 90% of lemurs are in danger of imminent extinction, however impoverished communities rely on already depleted forests and other natural spaces for fuel, food and minerals - leading to the destruction of lemur habitats.

The futures of Madagascar's youth and its lemurs are intertwined. In a country where 60% of the population is under 25, widespread poverty is driving unsustainable use of natural resources such as forests and wetlands. This is placing increased pressure on the country's unique biodiversity, includin...

24/06/2015

Six new species of cryptic, subterranean ants from the genus Prionopelta have been described from the Malagasy region. The tiny underground dwellers are part of the larger group of the Dracula ants and are fierce, social predators that hunt down prey with dagger-like teeth.

08/04/2015

Durrell Madagascar releases 20 Ploughshare Tortoises back into the Wild!

http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2015-02-04/durrell-release-20-ploughshare-tortoises-into-wild/

Durrell has released 20 endangered ploughshare tortoises back into the wild. The golden-domed ploughshare tortoise is the most threatened tortoise on Earth and exists only at a remote site in Madagascar. A team from the Conservation Charity made a two day 150km trek to the remote spot, Beaboaly, to…

08/04/2015

24/02/2015

A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science. To…

16/01/2015

The fossa is Madagascar's top predator, and it looks like a mashup between a cat, a dog, and a mongoose.

16/01/2015

The world is losing dozens of species a day in what experts are calling the sixth mass extinction in Earth's history.