Madagascar no longer the hot spot for new species, study suggests

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Madagascar, a large island in the Indian Ocean, may have only 1 percent of the world's land area, but it has an outsize 3 percent of its species. It is among the most diverse places for life on Earth.

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