Travel videographer Mike Corey recently went on a humanitarian trip to Madagascar to save the near-extinct greater bamboo lemur. While there, he met some local kids and introduced them to Snapchat.

This insect looks—and sounds—like anything but a run-of-the-mill roach. Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of Madagascar.

Over 9,000 of the rescued tortoises are now receiving care at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Madagascar Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

An elderly man from Madagascar, a patient named Firdoche Houssen, fell down from the bed one day, and then experienced excruciating pain for months. It confounded him and his family members.