The different species of barbels in Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia have evolved from a common ancestor. When biologists from Wageningen University first described the fifteen species over twenty years ...
Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest lake, and feeds the Blue Nile. At several points where tributaries flow into the lake, invasive water hyacinth is soaking up water and choking the shoreline. A 2012 ...
Ethiopia's largest lake, Lake Tana, is being lost to an invasive South American weed, the water hyacinth. The BBC has launched its new radio services aimed at Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Amharic, ...
A new survey of Lake Tana in Ethiopia – the source of the Blue Nile – suggests that drought may have contributed to the demise of the Egyptian Old Kingdom, around 4200 years ago. A team led by the ...
The Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve is located in the Amhara National Regional State, approximately 563 km north-west of Addis Ababa in north-western Ethiopia. The biosphere reserve comprises Lake Tana, ...
The spread of an invasive alien species is neither easy to manage nor easy to reverse, threatening not only biodiversity but also economic development and human wellbeing. According to the United ...
Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the second largest in Africa. In recognition of the lake's rich biodiversity and significant cultural heritage, UNESCO added the lake to its World Network ...
LIKE MANY MARRIED couples, my husband and I have very different ideas about what constitutes a fun vacation. Last February, for example, while he took off for a week-long European skiing trip with his ...