Amphibian Conservation Teaching in Andasibe Amphibian populations around the world are declining at an alarming rate. Habitat destruction continues to be the largest threat facing the more than 289 endemic frog species of Madagascar, with climate change and over-collection for the food and exotic pet trades also threatening many species future survival. The likely introduction …
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Golden Mantella Frog Breeding Program Launched 0
On August 16th, 2012 a breeding program for the Golden Mantella frog was officially launched at the Mitsinjo amphibian captive breeding center.
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Professor Brian Cox at Mitsinjo 0
Mitsinjo just hosted the BBC’s Wonders of Life film crew and its presenter, world renowned particle physicist Professor Brian Cox, for a week of filming our biodiversity survey work…
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Martin Clunes Visits Mitsinjo 0
In November 2011, Martin Clunes and his ITV production team traveled around Madagascar to visit Madagascar’s lemurs.
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Collecting abundant leeches to find rare vertebrates 0
In collaboration with geneticists from the University of Copenhagen, the forests managed by Mitsinjo will be the first sites in Madagascar to test an innovative approach for producing evidence for the occurrence of very rare and elusive animals.
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New Species Collected for Husbandry Research 0
In collaboration with the Amphibian Specialist Group of Madagascar and the Direction Générale des Forêts, Mitsinjo has enrolled a new species in their husbandry research program: Stumpffia
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Water Tank Installed at the Captive Breeding Facility 0
To ensure the Mitsinjo amphibian captive breeding and research facility has a constant supply we recently installed a 5,000 liter water tank.
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Bamboozled 0
Recently, there has been a glimmer of hope. In the past year, a confirmed discovery of a hitherto unknown population of Greater Bamboo Lemurs has been made at a location far removed from the others. What’s more, this location lies adjacent to one of Madagascar’s most popular ecotourist sites…
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Cyclone Giovanna sweeps through Andasibe 0
Cyclone Giovanna hit the east coast of Madagascar in mid February, 2012, dissecting the island before travelling back around the south coast and back to the Indian Ocean. More than 20 people are feared dead, including 8 in Andasibe.
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Prolemur simus 5
In 2004, thanks to the intrepid Jean Rafalimandimby, Mitsinjo excitingly discovered a new population of the Greater Bamboo Lemur in Torotorofotsy, reconfirming that this critically endangered bamboo specialist species still holds on in areas where it had gone unnoticed for so long.
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