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Highlights: Wildlife

Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable wildlife assemblages on earth. It is not a "chip off the old Africa block", rather it is a parallel world where strange and bizarre animals and plants have evolved. At every turn there is something that jolts the senses and challenges convention. In Madagascar, expect the unexpected.

  • Social wasp colony Vespidae Polistinae Masoala Madagascar
    Social paper wasp colony (family Vespidae, subfamily Polistinae) on nest. Masoala National Park, Madagascar. (digital composite image)
  • Spear-nosed Snake Langaha rainforest Madagascar
    Male (top) and female (bottom) Spear-nosed Snake (Langaha madagascariensis) from the rainforest regions of eastern Madagascar. (digitally altered image)
  • Spiny forest dusk Ifaty Madagascar
    Spiny forest at dusk. Ifaty, south west Madagascar.
  • Tangled tree roots rainforest Masoala Madagascar
    Tangled tree roots in lowland rainforest. Masoala National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)
  • leaf decomposition rainforest Masoala Madagascar
    Veins and filaments of a leaf after decomposition. Lowland rainforest, Masoala National Park, Madagascar.
  • Vontsira-Mena Ring-tailed Mongoose Galidia elegans elegans Marojejy Madagascar
    Adult Vontsira-Mena or Eastern Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans elegans) on rain forest floor. Marojejy National Park, Madagascar.
  • sandy beach rainforest Masoala Madagascar
    Waves lapping sandy beach with lowland rainforest at the shore. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.