In Madagascar, Duluth native Annika Johnson washes her clothes in a river and prays that it doesn't rain when she has them hung out to dry. She has had her "shower" - a hose sticking through a hole in ...

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Adelaide Miarinjara, a Madagascar native, is a medical entomologist and postdoctoral fellow at Emory University. But right now, she’s back home performing crucial research on one of the deadliest ...

Madagascar's unique wildlife faces a threat from invasive black rats. These newcomers are pushing out native tufted-tailed ...

Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. GENEVA — Alien fish species and nylon nets have led to the extinction of ...

Towering around nine feet tall – half of that neck – and weighing in at more than 300 pounds, ostriches are the biggest birds on the planet today. But there once was an even bigger bird, which roamed ...

In Madagascar’s Great South, communities are fighting drought and restoring degraded lands through the World Bank-supported MIONJO project. Over 1,500 hectares of dunes have been stabilized, 330 ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Few Americans ever know what it’s like to run for their lives. Nearly two years ago, Fitah Rasendrahasina was a college student in his native Madagascar, when the elected government was ...

The island of Madagascar harbors a unique biodiversity that evolved due to its long-lasting isolation from other land masses. Numerous plant and animal species are found solely on Madagascar. Lemurs, ...