To the Westerner, many beliefs of the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar, boggle the mind. For starters, the Malagasy believe their ancestors live on in the afterworld, communicating with the living ...

Figure 1: Maximum likelihood phylogeny of Malagasy Carnivora and selected carnivoran outgroups. Visual inspection of the phylogeny used for the comparative age analysis (Fig. 3), wherein branches are ...

As illustrated in this verse, the Malagasy language always had a strong tradition of oral expression. Kabary (lengthy speeches) are often given before any important familial or social events. However, ...

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In the fight for conservation Madagascar is without a doubt on the front lines. Not only are most of its forests already destroyed—with a mere 10% of intact forest remaining at best—but there’s still ...

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The people of Madagascar, surviving adversity with a smile. By THR Staff Crisis? What crisis? In Nantenaina Lova‘s debut film, The Malagasy Way, one hears residents of Madagascar (Malagasy is the ...

Supporting the Malagasy governments’ efforts to combat wildlife crime and protect its uniquely endemic wildlife is the objective of a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ...

The wilderness has its own ghosts, which come in the form of kalonoro, the so-called "wild men of the woods." The belief is pervasive in and around the Marojejy Mountains, which we'll visit on this ...