The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it's still regarded as a place of unique ...

Modern humans settled on the African island of Madagascar, in the southwestern corner of the Indian Ocean, thousands of years later than commonly thought, according to a study published in the journal ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar on Tuesday received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago. It's ...

Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought. Analysis of ...

The littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar are a national conservation priority due to high degrees of biodiversity, but face pressures from regular human use and a future mining operation. A ...

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar ceremonially received three colonial-era skulls from France on Tuesday, 128 years after they were taken from the Indian Ocean nation, including one believed to be ...

Humans once lived alongside megafauna such as this elephant bird, giant lemurs, dwarf hippos and giant tortoises on Madagascar. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of years ago, humans lived ...

The Shocking Scale of Forest Loss Revealed by 2024 Data In 2024, 20,225 fewer acres of forest were lost within Protected ...

The skulls of three leaders—potentially including a king—beheaded by French troops during the colonial conquest of Madagascar have been restituted to the African country. The restitution, which took ...

Large animals, called megafauna, went extinct in Madagascar about 1,000 years ago. Humans are believed to have played a major role in their disappearance. A human population boom, supported by the ...

Two other people — the pilot and a military officer — are missing, Madagascar's Maritime and River Port Agency said Madagascar's police minister is recovering from a harrowing swim to safety following ...