Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

(Photo by Norma Meyer) After all, I had swung halfway around the globe to view lemurs in Madagascar, the only place on Earth where the primitive primates are native, live in the wild (112 species ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also ...

Almost 1,000 animals that are considered endangered have been returned to Madagascar after a trafficking raid in Thailand. With factors like climate change and habitat loss, the current rate of ...

Disease ecologists were curious about which species in Madagascar could transmit ... prevalence and human exposure vary among animals across native and highly disturbed landscapes.