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The Ennedi rock art of Chad should not be read as decoration alone, but as a visual narrative of environmental change.

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A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.