But the fossa isn't the only carnivore found on Madagascar. Somewhere around 18 or 20 million years ago, a mongoose-like ancestor rafted over to Madagascar and settled in. The common ancestor ...

The small, cat-sized, speckled brown carnivore from the marshes of the Lac Alaotra wetlands in central eastern Madagascar weighs ... very little about the small mongoose-like vontsiras because ...

who has spent five of the last 10 years in Madagascar tracking the island's top predator, the fossa. An elusive relative of the mongoose, fossas have been known to kill and eat bush pigs three ...

A mongoose is a small ... The latter is a group of carnivores from Madagascar that includes the cougar-like fossa. Humans have long admired mongooses for the animals' ability to kill venomous ...

An unknown, mongoose-like creature has been discovered in the wetlands of Madagascar. To the satisfaction of anyone who delights in new species discoveries but wishes they were a bit more ...

Madagascar has 123 protected areas ... It's also an incredible place to do some wildlife spotting, particularly fossa, ...

Mongoose lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar, just like all other lemurs. But the mongoose lemur is the only lemur species to be found outside of Madagascar after being introduced to the ...

two cuddling red mongoose and a curious fossa, which are just a few of the animals making their home at "Madagascar!" a new permanent exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. Housed in the zoo's renovated Lion ...

a carnivorous animal that looks like a cross between a puma and a dog but is closely related to the mongoose. Madagascar can use all the help it can get. It is one of the world’s poorest ...

Mongoose Lemurs are critically endangered due ... the conservation of lemurs and other Malagasy species in the wilds of Madagascar for more than 25 years. Today, Naples Zoo serves as the ...