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critically endangered species.One morning I and my local guide followed the call of indri deeper into the forest and sighted four full-grown indris feeding on leaves high up in a group of tall trees. The indris began to move away among trees while we trekked up and down several slopes through the forest doggedly following the indris. Thirty minutes later the indris stopped to feed on the new leaves allowing us to observe andphotograph their activities.After Andasibe I returned toAntananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, and flew south to Tolagnaro then drove to Berenty Private Reserve where a large number of ring-tailed lemur, an endangered species, can be easily seen. Ring-tailed lemur is regarded as the symbol of Madagascar national parks. Berenty is also a home to Verreaux’s sifaka, another endangered species.My next visit was Ranomafana National Park in the central part of Madagascar where I was rewarded with the discovery of golden bamboo lemur and Milne-Edward’s sifaka both of which are endangered species, red-bellied brown lemur and rufous or brown mouse lemur both of which are vulnerable species. Although I was more interested in spotting lemurs, another wildlife I saw which wasMilne-Edwards’ Sifaka (back)„Elite+ 37A sign at a village on Svalbard warned of polar bear danger.