When you imagine a chameleon, you picture a creature who eludes discovery by changing colors and blending into its surroundings. There is a newly-discovered member of the chameleon clan who employs an […]
Spectators at the soccer (association football) match in Antananarivo, Madagascar on October 31, 2002 witnessed history. As if it were guided by a homing device, the ball flew repeatedly into SO l’Emyrne’s […]
Madagascar’s Darwin Bark Spider (Caerostris darwini) spins the largest and strongest of webs. The webbing is ten times stronger than Kevlar, the substance used for reinforcing bulletproof vests, making it the strongest […]
In some parts of Madagascar, burying a loved one does not necessarily mean that’s the last you see of that person. The Malagasy tradition of Famadihana, known as the turning of the […]
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