The Emerald Sea is a vast turquoise lagoon located in the northern part of Madagascar, just a few kilometers from the town of Antsiranana (formerly Diego Suarez). Protected by a coral reef, this ...

A refuge for the Western chimpanzee, pygmy hippopotamus and many other globally threatened species, Gola-Tiwai represents one ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the ...

Trekking here takes you into the land of rare wildlife including gorillas and forest elephants. The dense canopy keeps the ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

Stony Brook University primatologist Dr. Pat Wright in 2023 hiking her way through Madagascar grasslands on the way to Ivohiboro, a rare, primary tropical forest — one of the last of its kind on ...

Families and children in northern Madagascar are bracing for a deadly tropical storm, with fears of massive gusts of winds, violent storms and flooding, prompting widespread evacuations.

The right soil will help you avoid over or underwatering your polka dot plant. Polka dot plants perform best in well-draining soil rich in organic matter. All-purpose potting soil amended with compost ...

Barely 25% of the world’s remaining tropical rainforests are still of high quality. For threatened species and those in decline, there’s just 8% of their habitat left in good condition.

Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have been documenting its natural wonders.

As we plunged deeper and deeper into the dense rainforest of Madagascar, there was little that could prepare me for the trek that lay ahead. Atop the mountains of Betampona Natural Reserve, the air ...