juni 2025 – Caribbean Footprint

The most picturesque plant on our islands is simply the cactus, and especially the columnar cactus. On the islands there are three different native columnar cacti that each have their own name on each of the islands. Learn how to differentiate between them.

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Wild flowers – Bourreria succulenta

juni 19, 2025

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A tree that will lose its leaves when the drought keep going on, but is also often the last one to drop all its leaves when it gets to dry.

Birds - Vogels Fauna

Young and adult – Rufous-collared sparrow

juni 17, 2025

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All wildlife has many life phases. This series puts the spotlight on animals in both their young or immature life stage and their adult stage, beginning with the Rufous-collared sparrow.

Fauna Insects - Insecten

Tiny critters: Six-spotted zigzag ladybird

juni 16, 2025

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The Six-spotted zigzag ladybird is a species native to Asia and Australia but now widespread across the world, including the Caribbean.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Shells: Mouse cone

juni 13, 2025

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The family of Conidae or Cone snails as it is called in English contains an enormous variety of genera and species. Meet the Mouse cone.

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Wild flowers – Opuntia elatior

juni 12, 2025

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De Opuntia elatior is a rare leaf cactis that can be found on the ABC-islands.

Ecology - Ecologie Flora

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (10) – Trees in our local history

juni 10, 2025

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Our history is full of trees. Used as building materials, as a food supply for humans and livestock, to tan leather of to make quicklime, the stories are ample.

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Baby birds behaviour

juni 9, 2025

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The nest fledgling behaviour of grebe chicks is a strategy to be as safe as possible as soon as possible after hatching.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Marine wildlife – Variegated sea urchin

juni 5, 2025

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Sea urchins have a bad reputation, but they are essential to a healthy marine environment including reefs. The Variegated sea urchin is one of several species of sea urchin.

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