Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way on Saturday. The ...
Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels 10,000 miles from his home in Nebraska to Madagascar ... to travel 10,000 miles to find rare animals. Joel hops down to the ...
In June, the government of Madagascar expressed its intention to repatriate the animals rescued in Thailand. Repatriations of trafficked wildlife, particularly at this scale, are rare due to their ...
Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar ... of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that live in female-dominated groups of up to 15 animals.
STEVE BACKSHALL: This is Madagascar. It’s a vast island in ... Could be used to start a discussion about endangered animals. Ask the class to research different approaches to saving endangered ...
Animals who survive the habitat destruction, such as radiated tortoises in Madagascar, are collected and smuggled ... Bears, especially the endangered Asiatic black bear, are targeted for gallbladders ...
Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises ... standing cultural affinity for the animals. The tortoise monitoring team ...
Very privileged. CHILD NARRATOR: But with rainforests in Madagascar being destroyed these animals have become one of the most critically endangered primates in the world. Seeing these guys up ...
Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way on Saturday. The ...