FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 14 - Caught on Camera

Why does this Field Museum scientist live in Madagascar? Because that’s where you find the oddest creatures.

Of the Chicago museum’s 150 or so scientists, Steve Goodman is the only one who’s permanently in the field. For 35 years, he has worked in the island nation whose isolation makes it one of the planet’s most biologically rich places.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023

What exactly is in your fragrance? Dominique Roques reveals some industry secrets

Humans have long wondered how to capture and recreate some of nature's most beautiful scents. What goes into a bottle of fragrance can be surprising.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

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

Lemurs from Madagascar have specialised fingers for picking their noses

Researchers have recorded the aye-aye inserting a finger up its nostrils and then eating the mucus

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Madagascar minister fired for voting against Russia's Ukraine annexation

Madagascar's president has fired his foreign affairs minister for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russian-organised referendums to annex four partially-occupied regions in Ukraine, two sources at the president's office said.

Reuters · Oct 19, 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