The Latest Breaking News from Madagascar

In Madagascar, where decision-making has long been reserved for men, only a fraction of candidates in upcoming local elections are women. One NGO hopes that training women on how to run a campaign and what holding office involves will encourage more of them to go into politics.

As nations meet in Colombia to confront species and ecosystem loss, the onus is on the global north to put science and collaboration at the heart of the issue, says Angela McLean, the UK’s chief scientific adviser

Standing up to 30 metres tall, Madagascar's giant baobab trees have towered over the island for thousands of years – but as the large animals that used to spread their seeds have died out, the trees' survival is threatened. New research indicates that much smaller species have an unexpected role…

A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have…

If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that to cause lots of deforestation and harm local wildlife.

A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy’s small wood sander

Former ITV presenter will appear in Channel 5’s Cast Away, which follows a celebrity stranded off Madagascar

Schofield is set to appear on Channel 5’s Cast Away, which will see him marooned on an island off Madagascar

I killed a great white when I was 18 to feed my family in Madagascar. But now I’m documenting the threat to these beautiful creatures from overfishing