As an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge in the late 1960s, anthropologist Dame Alison Richard spent a miserable summer in Panama trying to study monkeys. It rained constantly and poisonous ...

History of scientific exploration -- Geology and soils -- Climate -- Forest ecology -- Human ecology -- Marine and coastal ecosystems -- Plants -- Invertebrates ...

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient trees have become ...

STRI copy 39088014662829 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. AFA copy 39088019013317 gift of Janet Stanley. From the Publisher: Two thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar ...

Madagascar is one of the world's poorest countries despite the island's natural resources in farming, forestry, fishing and minerals. Its recent history is marked with sociopolitical unrest -- often ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Madagascar is celebrated for its extraordinary biodiversity, characterized by remarkably high rates of endemicism. However, Madagascar is also ...

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient trees have become ...