Stories: Ethiopia

Stories connected to Ethiopia.

• Senegal and Ethiopia. Are these really the same species?Populations classified as desert musk shrews occur in Senegal and Ethiopia, far apart on opposite sides of Af…
• A mammal colony with a queen and workersNaked mole-rats live underground in East Africa. A queen and a few males reproduce, while other colony member…
• Flowers appear on the surface of a pebble-like plantPseudolithos is a group of succulents named for a pebble-like appearance. Their stems have a tessellated surf…
• An antelope rises on its hind legs to browseThe gerenuk stands upright on its hind legs and extends its long neck to reach foliage. It can browse more th…
• Barefoot gold, then gold with shoesAbebe Bikila won the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome barefoot. Four years later in Tokyo, he wore shoes and won…
• Priests carry a wrapped sacred object on their headsTimkat celebrates Jesus’ baptism in Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox traditions. A sacred tabot is wrapped in…
• Meskel’s bonfire leaves charcoal for a cross on the foreheadMeskel is a Christian celebration observed in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its large Demera bonfire uses flower-deco…
• This guinea fowl’s appearance disguises a ground-foraging lifeEast Africa’s vulturine guinea fowl has a bare head and long neck resembling a vulture. Below them sit a coba…