Madagascar has a documented 2,900 endemic species of trees, but a new report shows that almost two-thirds of them are in danger of disappearing. Of the 3,118 species covered, more than 90% had never ...

In terms of biodiversity, the hugely imperiled forests of Madagascar may be among the world’s richest. Researchers estimate that the island off the coast of Africa is home to at least 10,000 tree and ...

The legendary palm trees of Madagascar are on the brink of extinction due to aggressive land clearing for agriculture and logging on the island nation. H. Beentje/RBG Kew The legendary palm trees of ...

The Shocking Scale of Forest Loss Revealed by 2024 Data In 2024, 20,225 fewer acres of forest were lost within Protected ...

July 2 (UPI) --Madagascar's largest tree species are under threat. So are the island nation's iconic primates, its lemurs. Healthy forests are essential to Madagascar's lemurs, and new research ...

Madagascar's forests are shrinking, and that's bad news for palm trees on the majestic island. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced this week that extinction ...

Plundering the remaining rosewood forests could push the trees into extinction and further endanger crucial habitat for native creatures, like the lemur Three years ago, the allure of the lemur ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville welcomed seven new Madagascar tree boas on Wednesday in the first successful breeding of the species in the United States this year. According to Zoo Knoxville, ...

For millions of years the island of Madagascar remained an untouched paradise of lush rainforests, giant baobab trees, strange birds and a unique group of primates called lemurs. Around 2,000 to 1,000 ...