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The article looks at the Afar depression in Ethiopia. The 2005 eruption of the region's largest volcano, Erta Ale, caused by magma swelling up between two tectonic plates beneath the area, is described. The article notes that the area is the only place on Earth where an undersea ridge appears on land, allowing scientists to study geologic processes normally found below the ocean's surface. Also mentioned is flooding in the area from the Red Sea, which causes salt buildup.

The article discusses the wolf population of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian wolf is the only species of wolf found in Africa, and is highly endangered. Most of the remaining wolves live in the Bale Mountains National Park. Though they hunt alone, Ethiopian wolves live in packs to ensure they maintain an area large enough to maintain good hunting.

Explores the female-run society of the gelada monkeys in the Simen Mountains of Ethiopia. Males' lackadaisical role in offspring rearing; Mating habits of males; Battle to reproduce; Pete, a gelada monkey named by an Australian biologist, and his battle to keep his family.