What makes islands so rich for plant biodiversity? Some, like New Guinea, Cuba, Borneo and Madagascar, have many endemic species because they are large, tropical and have a lot of different habitats.

This is one of Madagascar’s most spectacular landscapes: An immense labyrinth of limestone where exceptional flora and fauna flourish. However, rising temperatures, disruptions in rainfall patterns, ...

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 ...

This world apart has one of the highest levels of diversity with respect to many plant and animal groups with ... there is an urgent need to protect what remains to maintain both the biodiversity ...

Madagascar, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is home to 250,000 plant and animal species, over 80% of which are endemic to the island nation.

Madagascar is famed for its rich biodiversity and host of cast away creatures. Evolving in isolation from the rest of the world, the plants and animals found here are among the most unique on ...

On an island famous for its biodiversity (90 ... animals and plants often become increasingly distinct from even their close relatives. Madagascar itself epitomizes this process, so unusual ...