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President Rajoelina’s five-year term, starting in 2019, may be the last chance to avoid habitats and species from going extinct.
A series of new studies sheds light on the population crash and extinction of the giant birds, lemurs and more that roamed the island until around A.D. 700-1000.
The largest of these frogs could sit happily on your thumbnail. The smallest is just longer than a grain of rice.
Angola’s new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
A look at new research published in 2018 on fossa, deepsea corals and tropical frogs developing resistance to a deadly fungus.
A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
The frequency of intense tropical cyclones is increasing in the South Indian Ocean, a region that previously didn’t have these.
The private-sector plays an increasing role helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa adapt to a changing climate.
Africans have steadfastly responded to oppression through culture.
The fossa, Madagascar’s largest predator, is a cat-like carnivore that eats everything from insects to lemurs. Because they are rare and elusive, scientists know very little about them, including how many there are.
Africa’s remaining sawfishes are found along the coasts of Madagascar and Mozambique. But they are under threat.
A major challenge for Madagascar’s new president will be to create jobs, especially in the industrial and service sectors.
Woody plants’ cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades.
The endangered species list is over 90 000 and includes Madagascar’s lemurs.
Astronomy is accessible to anyone with a view of the sky.
New study confirms fears that the island’s native wildlife can be poisoned by introduced Asian toads.
Madagascar gets hit by an average of four cyclones each year but their full impact is still being tracked.
Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools.
This research reconciled data and hypotheses from linguistic, archeological and genetic research on the settlement of the Comoros and Madagascar.
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Conservation Science, Bangor University
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Associate Senior Lecturer, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Curator of Herpetology, Associate Professor of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Political Science, Benedict College
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Professor, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Nonresident Research Fellow, Rice University
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Professor, University of Toamasina
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate professor emeritus, Western University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
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Professor in Sensory Biology, University of Bristol