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Mounted L. chalumnae specimen on display at the Museo civico di Storia naturale in Comiso. Image by

Ghost fish: after 420 million years in the deeps, modern gillnets from shark fin trade drag coelacanths into the light

Tony Carnie 12 May 2021

‘Bad science’: Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees

Shreya Dasgupta 12 May 2021

Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’

Rivonala Razafison 31 Mar 2021

New map shows where the 80% of species we don’t know about may be hiding

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Mar 2021
Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus). Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Slash-and-burn farming eats away at a Madagascar haven for endangered lemurs, frogs

Edward Carver 9 Mar 2021

Reforested areas rival mature forests in securing water, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Mar 2021

Madagascar: Young farmers adopt new methods to help lemurs, forests and themselves

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 19 Feb 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Feb 2021

Mob killing of Malagasy officer spotlights risks faced by forest guardians

Malavika Vyawahare and Rivonala Razafison 2 Feb 2021

Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south

Rivonala Razafison 29 Jan 2021

Invasion of the crayfish clones: Q&A with Ranja Andriantsoa

Rowan Moore Gerety 27 Jan 2021

Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021

Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar

Chris Scarffe 20 Jan 2021

Top environment stories from Madagascar in 2020

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2020

In Madagascar’s hungry south, drought pushes more than 1 million to brink of famine

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Dec 2020

A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it

Edward Carver 21 Dec 2020

As minister and activists trade barbs, Madagascar’s forests burn

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Dec 2020

Madagascar moves to reopen domestic trade in non-precious timber

Rivonala Razafison 30 Nov 2020
Juvenile sakondry on a branch. Their dusty coating is washed off before they’re cooked. Image by Brian Fisher.

Bug bites: Edible insect production ramps up quickly in Madagascar

Emilie Filou 19 Nov 2020

A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Nov 2020

The riddle of Madagascar’s megafauna extinction just got trickier

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Nov 2020

Podcast: Lemur love and award-winning plant passion in Madagascar

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2020

A chameleon not seen in a century reappears in a Madagascar garden

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2020

Lemurs might never recover from COVID-19 (commentary)

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2020

Madagascar shuts down ‘illegal’ gold mine but activists remain in legal limbo

Edward Carver 21 Oct 2020

Madagascar experiments with drones for its massive reforestation effort

Rivonala Razafison 19 Oct 2020

Madagascar’s top court criticizes government handling of mining project

Edward Carver 9 Oct 2020

Indian embassy in Madagascar becomes first to go fully solar

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2020

Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID-19

Rivonala Razafison 17 Sep 2020
Cacao pod in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Latin America has twice the plant life of Africa, SE Asia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2020

Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 2 Sep 2020

Madagascar giant frog is a new species, but also a deep-fried delicacy

Rivonala Razafison 1 Sep 2020

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