The climate in Curaçao is semi-arid to arid. Every century several extended periods of drought occur with practically no rain. A whole system of earthen dams for water conservation was developed since early colonial times.
Mushrooms, the reproductive organs of fungi, are everywhere during the rainy season of the islands and in different colors and sizes. Some appear in plant pots and disappear as quickly…
This post is also available in: Dutch (below) Butterflies are very good indicators of the health of ecosystems. In recent years, the number of butterflies and the diversity of butterfly…
Aruba and Curaçao do not have large hairy spiders like the feared Tarantulas in South America, but they do have a large number of other species, most of which are…
At Christmas the inner rosette of one of the Teku di mondi plants (Bromelia humilis) was bright red with a characteristic white cotton-like ball in the middle. Our teku would…
Impress, dance, the most beautiful colors and feathers. It takes quite a bit of work for a male bird to seduce a female. With one species it is even more complicated than the other, as evidenced by the latest documentary on Netflix called ‘Dancing with the Birds’.
A little attention for one of the most hated prickly plants of our island, the Infrou or Opuntia caracassana, a plant that can be used perfectly to keep annoying fellow…
Every visit to the coastline, and especially along the accessible parts of the north coast, is a new discovery. Life along the coast is different every time you visit. And…
The oceans are drowning in plastic and the Caribbean is no exception. From large pieces of plastic to the tiniest, barely visible to the naked eye bits of microplastic, humans…
As soon as the last human feet leave the beach and the sun sends its last rays onto the land, a completely different world wakes up and starts living its…