10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. Photographing Geladas in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains by Dave Semler. A harem male grooms one of his females.

Ethiopia 167

Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really bird for the hell of it. (5). Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Now, in rock climbing, a bolt is a permanent anchor drilled into the rock as a form of protection (most bolts are self-anchoring expansion bolts).

Ethiopia 176

Ethiopia Science Birds Raised 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. This colony outlived dozens of others as it was protected by the local religious belief that the ibises migrated each year to guide Hajj pilgrims to Mecca.

Endangered Species 228

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 228