Mauritius has a rich and diverse flora, with more than 670 species of flowering plants of which 315 are endemic i.e., only found in Mauritius. Around 200 endemic plant species are threatened and ...

Press Release - An endemic garden, the Gabriel D'Argent Endemic Plant Garden, with a collection of 49 plant species of Mauritius classified as vulnerable, rare and critically endangered by the ...

Endemic Medical Herbs of Mauritius Island Have Antitumor Properties. by Ramya Rachamanti on Apr 22 2019 5:09 PM. Extracts of the endemic medicinal herb leaves Acalypha integrifolia, ...

But as far as Orchids are concerned, the endemic species are much more numerous in Reunion Island than in Mauritius, he said. The Flora of the Mascarenes Project Initiated in 1970, the project is ...

Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the ...

With 94% of its endemic flora considered threatened, Mauritius has one of the most threatened island flora in the world: 77 of its indigenous species are already classified as extinct; 155 of its ...

Bel Ombre is a protected natural region in Mauritius, over 1300 hectares of biodiversity to be experienced and explored. The ...

Of the 18 birds the MWF staff caught, six were Mauritius fodies, a rare endemic species. Another 12 were Mauritius olive white-eyes, a critically endangered olive-gray bird that has characteristic ...

She said the process helps ensure higher survival rates for threatened species like the critically endangered aga (Corvus kubaryi), a crow species endemic to the Mariana islands, and the ‘alala ...