Madagascar: A Spectacular Last Hurrah
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A species of self-destructing palm trees that flower once every 100 years and then die has been discovered in Madagascar.
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Wildlife activists in Kenya heaved a sigh of relief as experts said this week's coup d'etat in Thailand had dealt the final blow to a controversial plan to export animals to a Thai zoo.
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The rabbit-size rodents were once said to be headed for extinction, but now scientists say there are three times more of them on the African island than had been thought.
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The extinction of whole species, once specific to isolated islands, is becoming a trend across continents.
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A Pacific island butterfly makes a comeback, in one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed.
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MANTADIA, Madagascar  - The people of Mahatsara  village do not understand why they are forbidden from burning  down the wild forests of eastern Madagascar.
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Travel: The nation once dubbed 'Locombia' - the mad country - is much safer now. Nick Easen checks out its raft of new eco lodges
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The final documentary by naturalist Steve Irwin is broadcast in his native Australia.
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Travel: Simon Reeve discovers one of the world's great train journeys in Madagascar
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The impact on physical anthropology of the diminutive hominid Homo floresiensis cannot be understated. The discovery in a rock shelter on the Indonesian island of Flores , announced in the
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A self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists said Thursday.
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Tycho:  The enforced revelry period has finally come to a close.  Thank Christ.
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The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.
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The biggest story of 2005 may well turn out to be the last story of the year. The largest earthquake to hit the planet in decades and the tsunamis it created have wreaked destruction across southern Asia on
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An ambitious drug-research project in Madagascar aims to tap the botanical knowledge of traditional healers while helping to protect the country's rain forests.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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Iâm a 46-year-old software engineer and manager who has traveled to five continents for both business and pleasure. My hobby is nature and wildlife photography. So I have taken trips to exotic places like Tanzania for a safari and Cambodia to visit the Prek Toal nature reserve on the Tonle Sapp.