The Madagascar franchise has earned over $2.2 billion worldwide from its four movies, making it the ninth-highest-grossing animated film franchise.

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A tiny chick barely peeks out of the pouch between its parent's legs. "As soon as we started filming, we started to see things that had never been filmed before," wildlife cinematographer and National ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Madagascar’s rainforests often steal the spotlight, with their ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...

Madagascar, a DreamWorks animated film directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, arrives on Netflix in France on December 24, ...

"Secrets of the Penguins," a three-part documentary executive produced by James Cameron, is set to release this weekend, and according to the famed filmmaker, it takes observations of the charismatic ...

In Madagascar’s Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, a new species of frog was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also impact human health directly. Deadly diseases can jump from animals to ...

An international team of biologists has discovered a new species of gecko in small forest fragments in southeastern Madagascar. Due to its extremely limited range, researchers say it should be ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments. LEAP OF FAITHHundreds ...