FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 14 - Caught on Camera

MH370: Landing gear lowered before doomed flight crashed ‘suggesting criminal intent’

A new piece of wreckage has reportedly been discovered on the shore of Madagascar

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022

Discovered in the deep: the extraordinary sawshark with a weapon-like snout

With the help of fishers in Madagascar and Tanzania, scientists named two new species of rare sixgill sawsharks

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

What's driving a rise in violence in the French overseas department of Mayotte?

In 2009 the archipelago of Mayotte, nestled in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the African coast, voted in a referendum to become France's newest overseas department. Many hoped the change would help the territory avoid the violence that plagued the nearby Comoros Islands, which opted for independence in the…

France 24 · Nov 23, 2022

World’s Largest Chameleons Born At Zoo

So far 10 chameleons have emerged from their eggs, with another 17 still in incubation. 

Zenger · Oct 18, 2022

Monkeys forced to spend more time and abandon treetop homes, study finds

Scientists warn climate change and deforestation are the factors leading to a new wave of primates spending more time on the forest floor ground

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

New Zealand Zoo More than Doubles Its Population of Endangered Lemurs

New Zealand's Wellington Zoo has more than doubled its population of endangered ring-tailed lemurs after its four females gave birth to twins, the zoo's primate manager said on Tuesday. Ring-tailed lemurs, endemic to Madagascar, are on the endangered list.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022

Rare fossa triplets born at Chester Zoo for the first time

The 12-week old pups have emerged from their den for the first time

Manchester Evening News · Oct 1, 2022

Africa regional air safety agency ASECNA says threatened with wildcat strike

A 48-hour strike planned by some staff of French-speaking West Africa and Madagascar aviation safety agency ASECNA starting on Friday, could impact some flight operations in the region, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

Anger mounts in Madagascar following deadly police shooting of mob

On August 29, a young albino child was kidnapped and his 21-year-old mother murdered in the remote village of Ambatolampy in south-eastern Madagascar. Recent years have seen a rise in murders of Albinos on the island, with their body parts often used in rituals and ceremonies. The crime triggered a…

France 24 · Sep 20, 2022

Fears world’s smallest primate may have quietly gone extinct

The world's smallest primate, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, may have gone extinct as large swathes of its forest home are cleared for crops, scientists studying the species in western Madagascar warn.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2022