Finding a plant that can withstand that trifecta of humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and low-light levels might be ...

Madagascar’s extraordinary medicinal plants, prized for their unique properties and used in life-saving cancer drugs and health products, are being harvested in unregulated quantities for local and ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

Researchers identified hundreds of new species in 2024, expanding our knowledge of Earth’s startling biodiversity.

This research was conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of the wild harvest and trade dynamics of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) in Madagascar, and to highlight the legislative and ...

The Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group (MFG) is an international consortium of zoos and other conservation agencies which pool resources to help conserve animal species in Madagascar, through captive ...

Gabriel Andriamanjaka holds the radiotracking aerial aloft and marches into a spiky forest thicket. Branches whip around his ...

Visiting deer, or rabbits, or both, have found your lush paradise ... animals don't like munching on Madagascar periwinkle very much is because they resist any plants with a strong scent.

others were found as old specimens languishing unidentified in herbaria since their collection decades earlier. Important, widespread species new to science Finally, while we have discovered rare, ...

Any hope of partnership with the Malagasy authorities, however, has proved vain. The company has decided to dismantle and send its plant back to the UK. But while Noor II will soon be able to leave ...

Do you know which plants and flowers are poisonous? There are some deadly specimens out there, infamous flora that can seriously hurt or even kill you if you're not careful.

Newly discovered fossils matched up with a mysterious “alien plant” species found in 1969 and brought it to clearer life. It’s even stranger than scientists initially thought it was.