Genetic analysis has revealed a previously overlooked species of baobab in Madagascar, marking a major discovery in the evolutionary history of the trees. A sophisticated genetic analysis has reshaped our understanding of Madagascar’s iconic baobab...

cockroaches sci‑fi‑like powers, creating a tool for jobs where conventional methods fail. Researchers have engineered Madagascar hissing cockroaches into amphibious cyborg insects by attaching a compact diving apparatus that enables them to function...

to surfaces. The new species were found far apart. One lives on deep-sea wood near Japan. Another was collected near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The third comes from waters off Papua New Guinea. Together, these discoveries highlight how unevenly the...

points to a different explanation. The herd’s size aligns with that of its closest ancestral groups—Jersey cattle and Madagascar zebu—without invoking a post‑colonization shrinkage. Evolutionary rates of body size reduction of Amsterdam Island cattle...

layers of volcanic material, this submerged landmass is a relic of the ancient supercontinent break-up that saw India and Madagascar drift apart tens of millions of years ago. Scientists are investigating a ‘lost continent’ between Mauritius and India....

allowing water vapor to travel thousands of kilometres. Building on earlier work that traced moisture from Scandinavia to Madagascar, the research team applied advanced mathematical models and observational climate records to map the journey of water...

encompassing everything from the rare, tiny bumblebee bats of Southeast Asia to the unique sucker-footed bats of Madagascar. With this new genomic foundation, the Bat1K consortium plans to continue its work, aiming to decode the assembly of all living...