The Enkafela manganese deposit is situated in the Afar Depression, northern Ethiopia, about 20km west of Dallol at the border with the western escarpment. The geology of the Enkafela area is characterized by marine formations ...

Chromosome numbers are reported here for six species of three genera of Cyprinidae and one species of Cichlidae. Three of the species Labeobarbus nedgia, Labeobarbus. brevicepalus and Labeobarbus intermedius are endemic ...

Fishes are the most diverse of the major vertebrate groups. However, cytogenetic studies in fish have not been well studied globally as well as here in Ethiopia. Five species belonging to four families were sampled ...

The common mole rat, Tachyoryctes splendens, belongs to family Rhizomyidae or Muridae (Mammalia; Rodentia). Somatic chromosomes of the species were studied from 9 localities in Ethiopia (Mugo, Masha, Bure, Ziway, Asebe ...

The purpose of the study was to obtain information on the resistance levels of four indigenousbreeds of cattle (Abigar, Gurage, Horro and Sheko) to natural infestation with ticks in theGhibe Valley. Monthly collection of ...

The behavioral activity patterns of the black and white Colobus monkey (Colobus geureza) were studied in Menagesha-Suba forest reserve in central Ethiopia. The study investigated the activity pattern of feeding, grooming, ...

Globally, Potato is one of the most important crops in terms of production as well as consumption and ranks first among root and tuber crops followed by cassava, sweet potato and yams. After the introduction of potato to ...

Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a damaging pest of sorghum, other cereals and horticultural crops such as maize, wheat, barley, bananas, guava etc. in Africa which at times results in complete ...

The Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) is endemic to Ethiopia. Bale monkeys are recorded as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List of Threatened species categories. This study was conducted from August 2007 to May 2008 ...

Population status, structure and feeding behavior of Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) was conducted in Senkelle Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary (SSHS) from August 2005 to March 2006, which included wet and dry seasons. Total count ...