Mauritius has a rich and diverse flora, with more than 670 species of flowering plants of which 315 are endemic i.e., only found in Mauritius. Around 200 endemic plant species are threatened and ...

[Using camera traps, Bissessur and team found that Roussea flowers were visited by three endemic birds — the Mauritius bulbul, the grey white-eye, and the olive white-eye, Zosterops chloronothos ...

The Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus), a raptor unique to Mauritius, is one of the nine endemic bird species still left on the island. From four known individuals in the wild and two in ...

Bel Ombre is a protected natural region in Mauritius, over 1300 hectares of biodiversity to be experienced and explored. The ...

Extracts of the endemic medicinal herb leaves Acalypha integrifolia, Eugenia tinifolia, and Labourdonnaisia glauca of the Mauritius Island prevents the proliferation of oesophageal squamous ...

Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the ...