A mighty blaze in Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park is menacing the home of the world’s rarest lemur species. Disastrous dry conditions have turned the biodiversity haven into a tinderbox.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Madagascar hosts the highest percentage of plant species endemic to a single island, with 83% of its flora unique to the island. This high endemism is attributed ...

ANTANANARIVO (JANUARY 11, 2025) – Families and children in northern Madagascar are bracing for a deadly tropical storm, with fears of massive gusts of winds, violent storms and flooding, which have ...

Data from the 2024 Fisheries Register presented by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (Fiskeridirektoratet, Fdir, in its Norwegian name and acronym), showed that the number of fisherwomen is ...

The storm however caused flash floods in the neighbouring Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, where at least three people were killed. Dikeledi hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone ...

The agricultural sector in India needs to balance food security and job security while dealing with climate change impacts. The government of India has been promoting sustainable agriculture. A study ...

Taxonomist Jini Jacob received the Ocean Census Awards 2024 for her work documenting over 60 novel nematode species. Nematodes or roundworms make up a majority of the marine meiofauna — minute ...

Leilani Sablan has a passion for fish. She likes to study them, spear them, eat them, and wants to make certain that future generations in Guahan will enjoy them. Her work with the University of ...

Storm-chaser warns Eastern Cape residents to stay away from tornadoes after viral video SAWS shared a post on its Facebook page warning that the tropical storm is northeast of Madagascar. It is ...

Ohno is an ama diver, or a “sea woman” as they are known in Japan. For centuries, these traditional fisherwomen have lived off the riches of the waters around the Ise-Shima region, collecting ...

Remote beaches across the area are home to amagoya—diver huts—where visitors can immerse themselves in the lifestyle of these resilient fisherwomen and sample their latest catch. Nestled in ...

“I just love the sea and being in the water,” she says after resurfacing. Ohno is an ama diver, or a “sea woman” as they are known in Japan. For centuries, these traditional fisherwomen have lived off ...