The fossa (pronounced "FOO-sa"), scientific name Cryptoprocta ferox, is found only on Madagascar and is the largest mammalian carnivore there. It lives in forests and has been referred to as the ...

fossa’s and mongoose. Image by Jess Webster. A forest stream runs through the jungles of Madagascar. Perhaps for this very reason and like many mammals, the first stages of tenrec life are spent ...

Amid a cloud of locusts, Luke Dollar heads out to search for the fossa in the scorchingly hot savannas of western Madagascar. Dollar is out to learn more about the behavior and ecology of the ...

from humpback whales to pygmy mouse lemurs, and even the mystical and deadly fossa. In episode one, the gang arrives in Madagascar and immediately heads out to track down some of the planet's most ...

Immerse yourself in Madagascar’s richly diverse and unique ... one of the best places to catch a glimpse of the elusive fossa, a carnivorous cat-like mammal that is endemic to the island.

T HE MALAGASY baobab tree, whose thick trunks and tiny branches dot Madagascar’s landscape, should not, by rights, have ...

Another delayed project is the Lipman Family Madagascar Center, underway near the center of the zoo housing animals from the island such as lemurs and a catlike carnivore called a fossa.

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Found in the forest habitats of Madagascar, the fossa has the physical characteristics of a cat with the strong tail of a ...

The lemur-eating fossa—a wiry, thin-coated mammal with ... This walled city has sheltered its residents even as Madagascar's other ecosystems disintegrated. Scientists call it the perfect ...

A look at new research published in 2018 on fossa, deepsea corals and tropical ... left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby ...

A zoo has shared rare footage of the first fossa pups to be born in its 91-year ... cat-like mammals are a threatened species endemic to Madagascar. Their long tails help keep their balance ...