Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of Madagascar. These cockroaches are shiny brown and oval-shaped, with no wings and a single pair ...

Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere else on Earth. Lemurs may have floated there eons ago on “rafts” of vegetation and evolved in ...

Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with breathtaking ... See new species →Diver spots 'large'-eyed sea creature lurking in cave — and discovers new species ...

The scientist was fresh out of her university course studying animal husbandry in the Soviet Union and working at the national zoo in Madagascar when she was sent to join the group. "I said ...

Overall, lemurs are the most endangered mammal group in the world. In southwestern Madagascar, fewer than 2,000 ring-tailed lemurs may survive.

Others, like Madagascar, are created when ... a barrier for most species – but not marine animals, such as turtles and crabs. Unimpeded by the sea, these creatures are among the first to arrive ...

Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels 10,000 miles from his home in Nebraska to Madagascar ... rare animals. Joel hops down to the Florida Keys, where sea level rise ...