Based on data from the Noah’s Ark National Biological Diversity Database, managed by the General Directorate of Nature ...

Species, both plant and animal, are endemic if they are restricted, in one form or another, to a geographic area. In more common language, we would say “native,” but endemic usually refers to ...

In other cases, endemic species may disperse to nearby islands. As an example, the great Antillean grackle is found on the four islands of the Greater Antilles but nowhere else.

Topping the list is Madagascar, home to a staggering 9,318 endemic plant species. This African island nation is followed closely by New Guinea (8,793 endemic species), Borneo (5,765), Cuba (2,679 ...