Rare Evidence Of Dinosaur Cannibalism Oct 7, 2009
That evidence was found in Madagascar in 2007. Bell and co-author, U of A paleontology professor Phil Currie, published their findings this month in the journal Lethaia. (Science Daily)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH : Aboriginal survivors fear losing their lands Aug 19, 2009
Taiwanese Aborigines are ethnic Austronesians with linguistic and genetic ties to the people of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar and Oceania. Elsewhere in Cishan at a rescue center, 20 members of Dakanuwa Village (FdV) spent the day pleading with relatives still on the mountain to leave. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Top 10 Eco-Vacation Hot Spots Aug 15, 2009
Frgate Island is a luxury retreat situated just four degrees south of the equator in the Indian Ocean about 700 miles northeast of Madagascar. It is one of 115 islands that make up the Republic of the Seychelles, a former British colony. (ABC News)
The Four Comoros Islands of the In... Jul 5, 2009
Beautiful but poor, the volcanic Comores archipelago lies between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is hardly known outside East Africa and Francophone Indian Ocean areas. (Suite101.com)
Biological Diversity: Islands Beat Mainland Nine To One May 19, 2009
Fragments of continents that have broken free to become islands like Madagascar and New Caledonia often serve as a final refuge for evolutionary relicts like these. The source of diversity is different on younger archipelagos formed by volcanoes such as the Canary Islands, the Gal;pagos and Hawaii which offered pristine environments where early colonizers branched out into multiple related new species to fill empty environmental niches. (Science Daily)
A grave discovery Apr 18, 2009
In part one of A grave guide to SA, Sharon Marshall illustrated just how fascinating touring tombstones could be. If Queenstowns on your route, theres an elderly gentleman in the town who knows every 'inhabitant' of the vandalised graveyard, because he made it his business, as a United Party member, to ensure the opposition Nats werent using dead people as bogus postal voters in the 1960s elections. (iAfrica.com)
Pakistan, not Afghanistan, the central threat Apr 5, 2009
Then there s the rest of the unrsponsive MidEast, and not far away unattended Darfur in Sudan, pirates off Somalia, Ethiopia vs Eritrea, Congo killers, shaky Liberia, crazy North Korea, unsettled Madagascar, Indonesia the giant muslim enclave, Asia s Georgia and on and on. Are we to assume we really ARE the world s police. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Red panda makes zoo debut Mar 27, 2009
Only the red panda, giant panda, two types of rodents, and one species of lemur from Madagascar can survive on a strict bamboo diet. The red panda s adaptation to a bamboo diet has helped shape their behavior, spending up to half the day in search of tender new bamboo leaves. (KHOU.com, TX)
Green Valley Fire Chief Simon Davis points out a large patch of buffelgrass north of Duval Mine Road. In this same spot in 2004, a brush fire, fueled by the dry, quick-burning buffelgrass, spread to the base of the mine tailings. Photo by Jaime Richardson | Green Valley News Mar 25, 2009
Buffelgrass is native to Africa, Arabia, the Canary Islands, Indonesia, northern India, Madagascar and Pakistan. Introduced in the U.S. beginning in the 1930s as livestock forage; now in 12 states. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Backwater boom Mar 17, 2009
Pressure grows on Madagascar head. US law sparks Mexican trade row. (BBC News -- Business)
Hostile attacks Mar 17, 2009
Page last updated at 14:14 GMT, Monday, 16 March 2009. French face tough Afghan reality. (BBC News)
Homes burnt in E Timor violence Mar 1, 2009
Fears of anarchy in Madagascar ... What has taken Madagascar to boiling point. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
Paradise lost Mar 1, 2009
Fears of anarchy in Madagascar. The recent outbreak of political violence has left the people of Madagascar traumatised, as Christina Corbett discovered ... It was not a hat designed to keep a man dry in a storm brought by the tail end of Madagascar's most recent cyclone. (BBC News)
