A gray mouse lemur stalks a hawkmoth as it feeds on the nectar of a baobab flower. (National Geographic)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_122.jpg
A Verreaux's sifaka lemur hugs the trunk of a tree to cool down in the hot conditions of Madagascar's dry forests. (National Geographic)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_109.jpg
Two Verreaux's sifaka lemurs hugging the base of a tree to cool down. (National Geographic/Stuart Dunn)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_026.jpg
A fossa, Madagascar's apex predator, in its forest habitat in Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_091.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider on tree bark in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_044.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ingi Agnarsson walks through a river searching for Darwin's bark spiders. (Credit: Joshua Brown)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_143.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider on tree bark in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_045.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider spinning a web over a lake in Madagascar's rainforest to hunt dragonflies. These spiders build the largest orb-webs in the world. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_051.jpg
National Geographic Explorer Ingi Agnarsson researching Darwin's bark spiders in Madagascar. (Credit: Joshua Brown)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_UHD_144.jpg
A robber crab, the largest land crab in the world, on a beach on Aldabra atoll. (National Geographic/Sam Lewis)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_070.jpg
A green turtle hatchling and an unhatched egg in a nest on a beach. (National Geographic/Lydia Baines)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_060.jpg
A Darwin's bark spider hanging from a branch in Madagascar's rainforest. (National Geographic/Simon Lewis)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_048.jpg
A lesser noddy tern in a nest on Fregate Island, Seychelles. (National Geographic/Berenice Mathieu)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_075.jpg
Johnny Razafinarivo setting up a camera trap on a tree in Madagascar. (National Geographic/Alice Marlow)Posted 09/23/26103_Islands_AfricaEarthsWildHome_039.jpg
