Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” ...

Illegal wildlife trafficking occurs in nearly 30% of worlds’ most protected areas. These include the World Heritage site Atsinanana Rainforest in Madagascar, threatened by the trade in rosewood and ...

Where mining occurs in areas of high biodiversity, it is considered a serious threat. But in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, over 10,000 people mining for sapphires didn’t cause more damage to ...

The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. These relict forests are critically important for maintaining ongoing ecological ...

In a joint project between RIT and the Seneca Park Zoo, several remote sensing modalities were exploited to assess the biodiversity of the Madagascar rainforest. With the ultimate goal of creating an ...

The island is known for its incredible biodiversity, with more than 90% of its wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.

CHILDREN: That’s pretty special! / Very privileged. CHILD NARRATOR: But with rainforests in Madagascar being destroyed these animals have become one of the most critically endangered primates in ...