When you’re on the lookout for lemurs — the unusually cute and endangered group of primates found only on the African island of Madagascar — it helps to have good eyes (lemurs are small), sharp ears ...

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Wildlife Madagascar proudly announces the inaugural International Chameleon Day, to be celebrated annually on May 9th. International Chameleon Day is a global initiative aimed at honoring and raising ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. JOHANNESBURG — From giant palm trees to mouse-sized lemurs, unique ...

wildmadagascar.org, a site that highlights the spectacular cultural and biological richness of Madagascar and reports on environmental news for the Indian Ocean island nation. Rhett’s most recent ...

Imagine, forty million years ago a great tropical storm rises up on the eastern coast of Africa. Hundreds of trees are blown over and swept out to sea, but one harbors something special: inside a dry ...

This lemur is not at all shy - as this series of photographs shows it dancing for the camera. The Verreaux's Sifaka, otherwise known as Dancing Sifaka, who was caught strutting its stuff in Madagascar ...

The IUCN has so far identified more than 48,600 species threatened with extinction worldwide, whice represents 28 percent of ...

JOHANNESBURG – Madagascar's political turmoil threatens the Indian Ocean island's rare wildlife, 13 international conservation groups said in a joint statement Monday. The World Wide Fund for Nature, ...

Climate change is shifting the habitats of endangered species and requiring conservation scientists to think outside traditional park boundaries. A diadem sifaka, a type of lemur, in northern ...