Honking lemurs that always stay on beat hint at origin of music
These primates can sing on the beat. Even their calls are rhythmic, hinting at a potential origin story for music ...
Tag: Madagascar
The unexpected origin and remarkable journey of upside-down trees: the baobabs
Scientists uncover the origins and long-distance dispersal of the iconic baobab tree.
The first climate change famine is here: Madagascar is desperate
Hunger is driving people to eat raw cactus, wild leaves and locusts.
Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs
To be honest it probably ran away from them, not with them.
Insect-hunting dino “the size of a teacup” unearthed in Madagascar
These tiny dinos started evolving many of the traits of today's birds.
The elephant bird, the largest bird known to man, was actually nocturnal
It also had a keen sense of smell.
The biggest birds in history were probably nocturnal — and blind
They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.
Scientists describe world’s largest bird on record — it used to weigh more than many dinosaurs
A newly describe elephant bird species takes the crown for world's largest bird ever.
Humans arrived on Madagascar 6,000 years earlier than previously thought — so then what killed the elephant bird?
The story of the elephant bird's extinction just got a lot more interesting.
Invasive toxic toads could trigger an ecological disaster in Madagascar
It's an ecological time bomb.
Meet the aye-aye: the strangest looking primate in the world
Exclusively found in the north-eastern parts of Madagascar, these peculiarly looking primates may both be the strangest and adorable looking ...
Panther chameleon is a biological ninja
Scientists have discovered what they thought to a different species of chameleon - but DNA analysis revealed that they were ...
Madagascar cave is a graveyard for extinct giant lemurs
Paleontologists diving beneath the surface of a water-filled cave in Madagascar made a monumental find: a graveyard filled with the ...
Bubonic Plague Outbreak Spreads in Madagascar
If you thought the bubonic plague is a thing of the past... then think again! The dreadful disease is making ...
The elephant bird: the largest bird to have ever lived
Restoration of the famous elephant bird. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Once one of Madagascar's crown inhabitants, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) ...
Lemurs match the scents and voices of friends
A lemur rubbing on a sweetgum's trunk leaving a unique trace of scent. Credit: Ipek Kulahc Humans are great social ...
People eating dirt, literally. Study documents soil, raw starch ingestion in Madagascar
Some people in the world have a different perception of what's good to eat and what's not. For instance, it's ...
Smallest chameleon, just ONE inch in size, discovered in Madagascar
A team of German and American researchers have discovered four new species of tiny chameleons on the island of Nosy ...
