Ever seen a place that looks like another planet? Welcome to the Danakil Depression, one of the hottest, driest, and most ...

ISS016-E-010784 (16 Nov. 2007) — Semien Mountains, Gonder, northern Ethiopia are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station. The Semien ...

German photojournalist Mario Gerth has captured the incredible, dramatic landscape of northern Ethiopia in this collection of stunning black and white images. It includes shots taken in the Simien ...

Amongst the high mountain meadows and grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau stands one primate, the gelada–the “bleeding heart” monkey named for its brilliant red chest. Geladas are the last of their ...

Four islands, four approaches to AirbnbAs municipalities around the world move to restrict vacation rentals, tourism-dependent countries in the Caribbean craft more... Training translates to salesA ...

The new designation of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ethiopia will also come with the relocation of the more than 20,000 people living inside Bale Mountains National Park, say park officials. Home ...

After three hours and 50 rough miles, the bus reached Dodola, population 20,000, on the northwestern flank of the Bale (BAH-lay) Mountains. Originally formed by a series of volcanic activities, the ...

Harcha Valley in the Bale Mountains with today's vegetation. During the Middle Stone Age occupation, a valley glacier blocked the access to the central Plateau. Nevertheless, prehistoric humans ...

An international research team has put together the first gelada reference genome, assembled from a single wild adult female gelada from the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. They combined it with a ...