Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is a haven of unparalleled biodiversity, both on land and in its surrounding waters. Nestled off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, the ...

Toward the end of 1988, the Russian research vessel RV Vityaz visited a remote underwater seamount off the island of Madagascar. The researchers on board collected several specimens of sharks, skates ...

A captive-breeding program for the Maugean skate, one of the rarest marine fish in the world, has given researchers hope: a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity, for the first ...