Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, sits just off Africa's southeast coast, near Mozambique. But despite this ...

No wonder she was known as the "mad monarch of Madagascar." But how did this high-ranking royal turn into such a despised and dangerous individual? Click through and revisit one of history's most ...

Schooners typically have two or three masts with multiple sails Madagascar's master shipbuilders can all trace their skills back to just one family who arrived on the African island more than 150 ...

In one of the largest repatriation operations of its kind, almost 1,000 trafficked lemurs and tortoises were successfully returned from Thailand to Madagascar. A photo released on November 27 ...

Some 19th-century historians described her as the modern Messalina; others as a female Caligula. Meanwhile, Ida Laura ...

This long isolation has led to very high endemism, which is still evident at higher taxonomic levels, such as genera and ...

The lemurs of Madagascar are at the centre of a new mystery ... Finding out more about lemurs' ancient history could help conservation efforts. A recent study found that almost all species ...

Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on the turquoise Mozambique channel, miles off the west coast of Madagascar. It's a sunny morning. The only land in view is a tiny islet of white ...

A tropical storm was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday after causing torrential rains and flash ...