Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on the turquoise Mozambique channel, miles off the west coast of Madagascar. It's a sunny morning. The only land in view is a tiny islet of white sand ...

Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren't precise figures to quantify the diversity of plant life on islands. A study involving an ...

Droughts, cyclones and floods have forced the people of Madagascar, a poor country in the southern Indian Ocean, to find new homes, new livelihoods and even new diets. Women on their way to a market ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life —... Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on ...