ニューヨークのセントラルパーク動物園。ライオンのアレックス、シマウマのマーティ、キリンのメルマン、カバのグロリアは大の仲良し。彼らは安全で快適な動物園の贅沢な暮らしをすっかり満喫していた。しかしある日、外の世界に憧れたマーティがテロリストのペンギンたちと一緒に動物園を脱走、マーティを連れ戻そうと後を追ったアレックスたちともども捕らえられ、ひょんなことから四頭はケニア行きの船に乗せられてしまう。さらに思わぬハプニングで海に投げ出された彼らは、やがてマダガスカル島に漂着。そこで現地の動物たちに迎えられ、生まれて初めて野生の生活に触れた四頭は、次第にそれぞれ本来の習性に目覚めていくのだった。
キュートな外見とは裏腹にエリートスパイとして活躍するペンギンズは秘密の潜入捜査中、かつて動物園で彼らに人気を奪われたことを恨むタコのデーブに誘拐される。デーブが人間の姿をしたオクト博士に姿を変え、世界中のペンギンへの復讐（ふくしゅう）を計画していることを知ったペンギンズは、スパイ軍団「ノース・ウィンド」と手を組み邪悪な陰謀に立ち向かう。
故郷ニューヨークへの里心が募るばかりのアレックスやマーティたち。彼らは、迎えにくると言って先に旅立ったまま、一向に戻らないペンギンズを探してアフリカからモンテカルロへと向かう。そこでまたもや大騒ぎを起こした一行は、敏腕女警部デュボアに追いかけ回され、おんぼろサーカス団に逃げ込んだ。この一座が有名になれば、ニューヨーク公演が実現して故郷に帰れるかも、と立て直しに乗り出すアレックスたちだった。
ライオンのアレックス、シマウマのマーティ、カバのグロリア、キリンのメルマンの４頭とその仲間たちがマダガスカル島に漂着してから数年後。ようやく飛行機でニューヨークへ帰る手筈が整うが、離陸して間もなく燃料切れで不時着してしまう。そこは、彼らの生まれ故郷、アフリカ大陸だった。様々な動物と交流を育むアレックスたち。だがそんな中、水が枯渇する事態に見舞われる。アレックスたちはその原因究明に奔走する。
The adventures of four penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico, who perform various commando-like missions to protect their home in the Central Park Zoo. The penguins often have to deal with problems caused, or made worse, by their zoo neighbors, King Julien XIII (a ring-tailed lemur), Maurice (an aye-aye), and Mort (a mouse lemur).
King Julien is back and shaking his booty harder than ever! Discover the wild world of Madagascar as the king takes on the jungle’s craziest adventures in this comedy series. With his loyal sidekicks Maurice and Mort, they meet a whole new cast of colorful animals, including ambitious head of security Clover and the villainous Foosa. No one can stop this king from ruling with an iron fist...in the air...wavin' like he just doesn't care.
Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.
A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered species. 20 years later Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine go back to see what has become of the animals in two decades, and to discover what has affected their fortunes.
Exploring some of the world's most isolated and iconic tropical islands.
Joanna Lumley sets off on one of her most epic voyages yet, a journey through the world’s greatest spice continents to discover the rich tapestry of flavours and cultures which have shaped our world. Touring Indonesia, Zanzibar, India and Madagascar, Joanna explores the centuries-old spice trade in this brand new four-part series of discovery.
Among the forests and ruins of Madagascar's Berenty Reserve, four gangs of ring-tailed lemurs are locked in a feud over territory, resources, and power... and often the fiercest conflicts are happening within the tribes. This five-part series places you in the heart of "Lemur Island," where half of the world's wild population of lemurs share a fragment of land less than a square mile. Here, battle lines are drawn and crossed, leaders are trusted and tested, and gang members thrive or perish in the harsh extremes of this intense environment.
Martin Clunes travels down to the Indian Ocean to witness what many fear is the lemur's last stand.
Lemur Street is a British television show produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International which is based on the successful format of Meerkat Manor. The series premièred in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2007 on the UK Animal Planet network with Martin Shaw narrating. On 8 February 2008 it aired in the United States under the name Lemur Kingdom, with fourteen episodes airing until 9 May 2008. It was removed from the air with the return of the channel's top series, Meerkat Manor. It aired in Canada on TVO from 13 February 2008 until 16 April 2008 and on Knowledge from 2 April 2008 until 31 May 2008, using its original name of Lemur Street. Each episode is thirty minutes long. Renowned primatologist Alison Jolly is the series scientific consultant and Joanne Lunt is the producer. Lemur Street was released in a three disc DVD set in the United Kingdom in September 2008 by Eureka Entertainment.
