Today, we honor 2 threatened species, hirola & elephants, & their shared fate! Without elephants to uproot trees, hirola grasslands suffer. No elephants = fewer hirolas, protecting one helps save the other! #WorldHirolaDay2025 #WorldElephantDay IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group Kenya Wildlife Service

📢A groundbreaking assessment -undertaken by the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group- has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species. Read more: tinyurl.com/3a37wwzk

byjml InshAllah, thanks.

That is amazing! biographical sketches of early 20th-century plant collectors sounds like an incredible contribution to both science and history. it must have taken years of meticulous research—congratulations Ahmed Ibrahim Awale on such a remarkable achievement!

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale Thanks for this incredible effort, a book must every Somali read.

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale Beautiful! Congrats!

My Euphorbia inculta friends and I. Seven years back at Biyo-kulule hot spring near Berbera. Vernacular name: Dibow. #Succulents #Somaliland

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale Buuggaaga ma sugi karno dhakhso inu soo baxo ban rajeynaya

Monolluma socotrana (formerly known as Caralluma soctrana) with its stunning red star-shaped flower. Somali name: Gowracato. #Succulents #Somaliland #NaturePhotography

Ruta graveolens An important aromatic herb usually found in local herbal shops with many uses. Some of its traditional uses include the management of epileptic conditions and jinn possession. Somali name: Shadaab. #herbs #traditionalMedicine #HerbalHealing #NaturalRemedies

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale Rodent repellent as well!

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale It used to leave a smell that stuck to hands.

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale ABDIQANI ISMAIL SAID This looks like the herb plant called The Common Rue to me.

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale ABDIQANI ISMAIL SAID I used to grow it for culinary purposes and, as a mosquito repellent.

In Ethiopia we call Denaa dham and used for buna☕️

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale As indicated the name of the plants "Tena Adam" means "health of adam". Therefore, Tena Adam(denaa dham) is often used in Ethiopian cooking and mixed into spice blends like shiro.

Ahmed Ibrahim Awale Incredible! Thank you for all you do!

This footage shows the city of Galgala during the rainy season. Apart from the flowing floods, I can see two Daabaan (Madaah) trees. This tree resembles the date palm and can be seen at the 9th second mark of the footage. It is considered among the plants most at risk of

Aloe kaysei (left) Aloe sanguinalis (right) #Aloes #Succulents #Somaliland