Madagascar itself epitomizes this process ... In the west the tsingy walls in a large portion of forest. The stone serves as a barrier to human settlement and to cattle, which threaten wildlife ...

Join National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as he travels 10,000 miles from his home in Nebraska to Madagascar ... enter its home in the wild, a stone forest blanketed with razor-sharp ...

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 150mm, 1/1000 sec, F6.3, ISO 800 Kirindy Forest (or Kirindy Private Reserve) is ...