Some 560 kilometers northeast of Mauritius lies Rodrigues: the jewel in the crown of the Mascarene Islands – a 18 kilometer by 8 kilometer pearl surrounded by a crystalline blue lagoon twice its siz ...
The researchers studied 8,000 years of climate data from mines. Human activity "likely contributed" to the extinction of multiple species on the islands on Madagascar and Mascarene, according to new ...
Aim: The islands of the south-western Indian Ocean region are home to many endemic bird species, with their closest relatives occurring in Africa and Madagascar, Eurasia, the Sunda Islands, and the ...
Nearly all of Madagascan megafauna - including the famous Dodo bird, gorilla-sized lemurs, giant tortoises, and the Elephant Bird which stood 3 meters tall and weighted close to a half ton - vanished ...
Giant creatures from Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands were killed by a deadly combination of human activity and a megadrought, a mineral sample study found. The creatures, including dodos and ...
When the Mascarene islands—Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues—were born, they were blank slates. Unlike some other islands, they didn’t break off from a larger landmass, taking plants and animals with ...
There are books. And then there are Books. Anthony Cheke?s Lost land of the Dodo: an ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues undoubtedly belongs to the latter category. This incredibly ...
Aim We examined phylogenetic relationships and spatio-temporal diversification in Indian Ocean Primulaceae, assessing correlations between speciation rates, geographical expansion and ecomorphological ...
A breathtaking island haven in the Indian Ocean has been likened to the Maldives for its natural splendour, yet remains remarkably free from tourist crowds. Reunion Island, a French overseas territory ...
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