Experts highlight threat to lesser-known apes and monkeys from large-scale habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trade

The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said.

Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until

Ghana has slipped further on its sanitation performance globally to become the World’s 7th worst performing country, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

Scientists have discovered a staggering 11 new species on the remote island of Madagascar.

Madagascar's government appealed for international aid on Wednesday after a tropical storm earlier this month devastated large swathes of the Indian Ocean island, causing damage worth around $40 mi

Lemurs kept illegally as pets in Madagascar are threatening this species' survival, the world's most endangered primate, according to new research.