In January, severe flooding caused by two cyclones severely damaged Itampolo’s Lavavolo Tortoise Center, located in Ampanihy ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra.

Almost 1,000 animals that are considered endangered have been returned to Madagascar after a trafficking raid in Thailand. With factors like climate change and habitat loss, the current rate of ...

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered lemurs and tortoises ... it is "difficult" to know the true number of animals smuggled out of Madagascar, but that the increase in seizures ...

Due to ongoing threats of disaster impacts, hunting and deforestation, lemurs are the most endangered group of mammals in the ...

Somewhere in the faraway Mozambique Channel, on Madagascar’s tiny ... “They are sacred animals for us. People think our ancestors’ spirits live in the lemur,” said Claudia Randrianasolo ...

Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels 10,000 miles from his home in Nebraska to Madagascar ... to travel 10,000 miles to find rare animals. Joel hops down to the ...

Animals who survive the habitat destruction, such as radiated tortoises in Madagascar, are collected and smuggled ... Bears, especially the endangered Asiatic black bear, are targeted for gallbladders ...

In total, it is thought that Madagascar has now lost a staggering 80% of its natural areas. it was a humbling experience to spend time with an animal so few have ever seen Despite this sad ...

Very privileged. CHILD NARRATOR: But with rainforests in Madagascar being destroyed these animals have become one of the most critically endangered primates in the world. Seeing these guys up ...

Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar ... of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that live in female-dominated groups of up to 15 animals.

Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of Madagascar. These cockroaches are shiny brown and oval-shaped, with no wings and a single pair ...