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 ...

In northeast Madagascar, many families depend on small farms and a few chickens to survive. But in recent years, the soil has ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Many of Madagascar’s charismatic lemurs are in big trouble ...

A new population of rare giant mouse lemurs was discovered in southwestern Madagascar’s Ranobe forest, WWF said. Last year during a night survey monitoring biodiversity along the gallery forest of ...

The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it's still regarded as a place of unique ...

A new study reveals that it would take 3 million years to recover the number of species that went extinct due to humans on Madagascar. However, if currently threatened species go extinct, recovering ...

Is it possible that monsters that populate our legends were influenced by the fossil record? People have been discovering the traces and remains of prehistoric creatures for thousands of years. And ...

Lemurs are known for their social grooming, but their best grooming tool is their tongue. Below their main tongue lies the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After the animated lemur King Julien of "Madagascar" captured kids' attentions with his eccentricity, a new film takes them to the real, isolated world of the singing, dancing, ...