Madagascar has a documented 2,900 endemic species of trees, but a new report shows that almost two-thirds of them are in danger of disappearing. Of the 3,118 species covered, more than 90% had never ...

Bôndy, a young Malagasy company, has social-impact tree planting at the heart of its “business model.” Bôndy makes money by offering social and environmental responsibility solutions to other ...

Baobabs are among the most iconic trees on Earth. They store water in their bottle-shaped trunks during the raining season. This allows them to survive long periods of drought. Many baobab species are ...

As its name suggests, the Avenue of the Baobabs is a road in Madagascar that’s lined with towering baobab trees. The trees are the remnants of a tropical forest that once sprawled across the island, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville welcomed seven new Madagascar tree boas on Wednesday in the first successful breeding of the species in the United States this year. According to Zoo Knoxville, ...

Mangroves are rich and biodiverse coastal ecosystems that flood and emerge with the tides. Now villagers are burning these trees to better their lives. Oliver S. / Alamy This article is from Hakai ...

Dorr, Laurence J. 2002. [Book review] "The Leguminosae of Madagascar, by D. Du Puy et al., and Generic tree flora of Madagascar,." Taxon, 51, (4), 834–835.

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of ...

Why it's incredible: The baobabs are the remnants of a dense forest that once covered Madagascar. As its name suggests, the Avenue of the Baobabs is a road in Madagascar that’s lined with towering ...