#Madagascar

Dorsa Amir

DorsaAmir

A historical tidbit that demonstrates the predictive power of evolution — in 1862, a botanist sent Charles Darwin a beautiful & rare orchid from Madagascar (Angraecum sesquipedale) with an unusually long spur.

Alex West ~ Medieval Indonesia

siwaratrikalpa

This is more than halfway around the world, making Austronesian the most widely dispersed language family on Earth before the sixteenth century.https://twitter.com/koutchoukalimar/status/1326125399357726727 It's important to note that t

Dr. Jonathan Kolby

MyFrogCroaked

(1/N) Exactly 7 years ago, I arrived in Madagascar to perform my biggest rapid response #frog conservation project. A few months earlier, I obtained the 1st confirmed evidence of amphibian

Lloyd🛡️Hardy

lloydhardy

The UK has #NoDeal with the EU. These countries do: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas , Barbados, Belize , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Botswana, Cameroon, Canada,

Dylan

dyllyp

The French military and energy balls? There’s a goldmine of jokes here.https://twitter.com/popsci/status/1274167529838202881 Did I tell y’all about the time I almost joined the Foreign Legion? I was just medically discharged

Dr Mark D. Scherz

MarkScherz

Meet today's #FrogOfTheDay #11 Mantella madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1872), the first species of 'poison arrow' frog described from Madagascar! A feat of spectacular #ConvergentEvolution among the #MadagascarFrogs Vences&G

Speak Out!

Vincredible__

Black Women have have always been leaders in our community. Here is thread of notable AFRICAN QUEENS throughout history QUEEN MAKEDA, Queen of ShebaLocation: Ethiopia Year: 10th Century BCEBackground: Mother

BBC News Africa

BBCAfrica

THREADIn the lead-up to Madagascar’s 2018 Presidential elections, teams of Russian 'tourists' and 'observers' were spotted on the island. Who were these Russians? What were they doing in the country?

Dr. Jonathan Kolby

MyFrogCroaked

A number of misconceptions: "To curtail #WildlifeTrade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (@CITES) was created in 1975. Unfortunately, many #animal species are not monitored by this convention

Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala1

People forget that Africa gets a fraction of the global intercontinental travel traffic. It's unlikely that we are miraculously immune to COVID-19. More likely that infected people are less likely

A thread of movies with similar plot/story... Which is your favorite from each?1. Olympus has fallen vs White house down 2. Battleship. Vs Pacific Rim 3. Bird box

Dominic Martin

Dominic_Mart

#Vanilla prices are likely the most volatile of any agricultural commodity.After a 5-year boom, prices seem to crash this year.Time for a thread on vanilla price volatility, the impact of

Policy Center for the New South

PolicyCenterNS

Facts about #Terrorism (2019) 1/ Terrorism has been on a downward trend since its peak in 20142/ Terrorism deaths decreased by 15.5% between 2018 and 2019.3/ Deaths from #BurkinaFaso increased

Dr Mark D. Scherz

MarkScherz

Today's #FrogOfTheDay is a stunner, appropriately named: #39 Guibemantis (Pandanusicola) pulcher (Boulenger, 1882)! Pulcher is Latin for 'beautiful'. It's our first Guibemantis, an enchanting genus of #frogs.#MadagascarFrog

Niti Bhan used to be The Prepaid Economy.

niti_bhan

For millenia before the white man came exploring, the Indonesians were trading in cinnamon and cassia with the East African coast, and had settled in Madagascar by the first half

Science girl

gunsnrosesgirl3

Every crested coua chick is born with unique markings in its mouth.These “targets” may guide parents with feeding. 1/ Full vid:https://cutt.ly/sdZklnV The crested Coua is found in Madagascar, These colourful

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