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The new frogs were named after the captains from a sci-fi franchise, in a fitting tribute.
These primates can sing on the beat. Even their calls are rhythmic, hinting at a potential origin story for music in humans.
Scientists uncover the origins and long-distance dispersal of the iconic baobab tree.
Hunger is driving people to eat raw cactus, wild leaves and locusts.
To be honest it probably ran away from them, not with them.
These tiny dinos started evolving many of the traits of today's birds.
It also had a keen sense of smell.
They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.
A newly describe elephant bird species takes the crown for world's largest bird ever.
The story of the elephant bird's extinction just got a lot more interesting.
It's an ecological time bomb.
Exclusively found in the north-eastern parts of Madagascar, these peculiarly looking primates may both be the strangest and adorable looking things you'll see all day.
Scientists have discovered what they thought to a different species of chameleon - but DNA analysis revealed that they were in fact dealing with 11 different species, hiding in plain sight.
Paleontologists diving beneath the surface of a water-filled cave in Madagascar made a monumental find: a graveyard filled with the bones of a wide variety of species,some very rare, other extinct for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Some of the remains that dot the bottom of the Aven Cave in Tsimanampetsotse National Park include those of the extinct elephant bird, a flightless giant similar to an ostrich, but most bones belong to the long-lost giant lemurs.
If you thought the bubonic plague is a thing of the past… then think again! The dreadful disease is making a resurgence in the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa. There have already been 138 suspected cases of the disease, with a total of 47 victims. You may know the black plague as […]
Once one of Madagascar’s crown inhabitants, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) is considered the largest bird to have ever lived. The first records of the bird are from the 9th century when Saracen and Indian traders visited Madagascar and spoke of legends of the the giant roc (rukh). The elephant bird became rarer and rarer once […]
Humans are great social beings because we have an extraordinary ability to distinguish between our fellow bretheren. If you don’t suffer from prosopagnosia, also known as “face blidness”, chances are you’ll be able to easily recognize a friend’s face or voice out of a myrriad of other humans. This kind of mental ability is extraordinary […]
Some people in the world have a different perception of what’s good to eat and what’s not. For instance, it’s customary to this day in many culture around the globe to eat substances that are considered non-foods in the west, like dirt, clay, sand or raw starches like rice, weird roots and so on. A […]
A team of German and American researchers have discovered four new species of tiny chameleons on the island of Nosy Hara, just off the northern coast of Madagascar, which considered one of the smallest reptiles known to man. Some are so small they can balance on the tip of a match. The four new species […]
