Madagascar was once home to the elephant bird, the largest bird species ever known, standing over three metres tall and weighing around 450 kilograms. These herbivorous giants played a crucial role in ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville welcomed seven new Madagascar tree boas on Wednesday in the first successful breeding of the species in the United States this year. According to Zoo Knoxville, ...

Berlin zoo showed its latest addition, a collared lemur named Elodie and her newborn baby, on Wednesday. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium planted its 4 millionth tree in Madagascar on Friday in ...

Madagascar, an island nation off Africa’s southeastern coast, is celebrated for its extraordinary biodiversity and rich cultural history. Among its most fascinating historical inhabitants was the ...