Two tropical systems, including Elvis and System No. 7-20242025, are present in the Indian Ocean, posing potential threats to southern Africa. Meteorological experts gather to enhance forecasting ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept ...

The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...

Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

A community grouped together to save the reptiles after Cyclone Dikeledi struck the southern part of the island earlier this ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

The best way to get around Madagascar is to hire a car with a driver ... traveling by plane can be arranged. Getting to the island will require flying into Ivato International Airport (TNR ...

The rescuers had recovered around 700 dead tortoises so far ... which are native to Madagascar and the nearby islands of Reunion and Mauritius. They generally grow to about 30 centimetres ...

Madagascar, one of several island nations in Africa, can be found near Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. Though its capital, Antananarivo, is where the heart of the country's dining ...

Some rescuers converted damaged building structures into makeshift rafts for the tortoises to ride on as they moved around to find others. Hery Razafimamonjiraibe, the Madagascar director for the ...