Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is a living testament to the power of geological forces. Its dramatic ...

Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s breathtaking landscape took form through two massive tectonic rifts that ...

The island of Madagascar—one of the last large land masses colonized by humans—sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it’s still regarded as a place of unique ...

Million Years of Separation Madagascar has been isolated from mainland Africa and Asia for more than 80 million years and has ...

Tsingy de Bemaraha is one of Madagascar's most famous limestone formations. This UNESCO World Heritage site features sharp pinnacles and deep gorges, making it a tough terrain for trail runners. The ...

A paper focusing on some of the roles that landscape played in the historical development in the early 19th century of the Merina kingdom. The transformation of the Madagascar highlands landscape was ...

This is one of Madagascar’s most spectacular landscapes: An immense labyrinth of limestone where exceptional flora and fauna flourish. However, rising temperatures, disruptions in rainfall patterns, ...

Rev. ed. of: Madagascar / by Bernadine Bailey, and others. 1974. Introduces the land, history, government, people, and economy of the republic occupying the fourth largest island in the world.

On October 07, 2016, hundreds of small fires burned across the Madagascar landscape. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi NPP captured a natural-color image of the island.

Tiana Andriamanana was alarmed when she saw the fires swallowing Madagascar’s forests in March. She’d grown used to seeing illegal burns for agricultural expansion, but such widespread blazes so early ...

The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it's still regarded as a place of unique ...