Tag: Madagascar
New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand
Adam Hartstone‐Rose, North Carolina State University
The aye-aye is one of nature’s most fascinatingly bizarre creatures. Native to Madagascar, this lemur is the largest nocturnal...
Lemurs are the world’s most endangered mammals, but planting trees can...
Andrea L. Baden, Hunter College
Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is a global biodiversity hotspot.
Andrea BadenThe island of Madagascar off the southeastern coast of Africa...
Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar’s megafauna a thousand...
Nick Scroxton, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Laurie Godfrey, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Stephen Burns, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Giant 10-foot-tall elephant birds, with eggs...
The animal world is still awesome: 3 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
Caught on camera: The fossa, Madagascar’s elusive top predator
Asia Murphy, Pennsylvania State University
Mention wildlife on Madagascar and the first thing listeners probably picture is the island’s famed lemurs. As many people know,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
