The crested coua (Coua cristata) is native to island of Madagascar. Unlike much of Madagascar's wildlife, the crested coua is not considered threatened with extinction, but is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. There are around nine
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October 25, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Picture of the day: a bizarre baby bird with oral ‘fingerprints’
July 16, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Cute animal picture of the day: baby bamboo lemur
Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) are one of over a hundred lemur species found only on the island of Madagascar. Listed as Critically Endangered, there are only around 500 individuals known in the wild, making them one of the world's
April 02, 2012 by madafan | No comments
Going down memory lanes with old photos
I just love the internet. I’m sure we all say that, and we all have our own reasons for doing so. But one of the reasons I love the Internet is that people are sharing a lot of interesting stuff:
February 28, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Cute baby animal photos of the day: twin Malagasy giant jumping rats born at London Zoo
Twin Malagasy giant jumping rats (Hypogeomys antimena) were born in the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) zoo in London this month. Found only on the island of Madagascar, also home to the world's lemurs, these rodents are the biggest on
February 03, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Photos of the day: a celebration of wetlands (for World Wetlands Day)
Forget the groundhogs, February 2nd is also World Wetland Day, commemorating the historic convention of wetlands in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. The Ramsar Treaty was an international agreement meant to address the loss and degradation of wetlands worldwide.
