Travel warnings can shake up vacation plans faster than you'd expect. S. officials that might make travelers think twice ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. “I knew I ...

In a 4x4 bumping and rattling along a dirt road in Madagascar, Nomentsoa Randria­mamonjy explains a local idiom. A few ...

The advisory warns that protests and demonstrations have been breaking out across the country and can turn violent without ...

Madagascar has sworn in an army colonel as President, just days after a military takeover on the back of a popular rebellion ...

Col. Michael Randrianirina's ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were ...

The U.S. State Department issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Madagascar due to rising crime and violent protests there that ...

Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as Madagascar's new leader after seizing power in a military coup.

Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from ...