Rio Tinto (RIO) has committed $16M to the Makira Natural Park REDD+ Project in northern Madagascar, through a new partnership with the Wildlife ...

Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our ...

Here are some facts about the Indian Ocean island nation ... Elections are calm and politics steady in the scattering of ...

The name cockroach comes from the Spanish term cucaracha, which derives from the Latin blatta, “an insect that shines the ...

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There are plenty of fun facts about Italy. It's one of Europe's most visited countries. The history's long. The culture's rich. And the food's delectable. But what do you actually know? Here are our ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen say the frogs, found across the rainforests of Madagascar, emit whistling sounds while communicating with others of their species. “That is why we ...

The CAF Beach Soccer competition was first played in 2015 in Roche Caiman, Seychelles where it was won by Madagascar. The Tournament makes a return to Egyptian shores after first being held there in ...

The word alchemy derives from the old name for ancient Egypt. A 19th-century illustration of the Muslim alchemist Geber (Jabir Ibn Hayyan) teaching chemistry at the school of Edessa, Greece ...

Most people would associate frogs with croaking, but the newly identified animals in Madagascar, an island off the south-east coast of Africa, emit bird-like whistling sounds in their ...