Wild flowers: Ceratosanthes palmata

The plant known scientifically as Ceratosanthes palmata occurs on all three ABC-islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao .

Young and adult – Yellow-crowned night heron

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is one of 2 species of night herons living and breeding on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

Wild flowers: Cat’s claw

The Papiamentu/o word uña means nail, and when this word is imbedded in the local name for a plant you can be sure there is some spiny element to the plant that can be nasty.

Video snippet: Atlantic Ghost Crab munching

Food choices of wildlife can be very diverse. Some species are very specific, only eating a certain type of food, making them specialists in searching for and capturing their food.…

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (12) – Forests, natural areas in danger (A)

Forests worldwide are under threat. This includes forests on our islands. Television and newspapers regularly report that forests are being cut down, burned, bulldozed, plundered, and so on. Terms like biodiversity, habitat destruction, impoverishment, and erosion are all used to illustrate the threats to forests. But what exactly does all this mean? What actually happens when a piece of forest is removed while many others remain? And what about this process on our islands?

Wild flowers: Indju, Kwihi, Palu di Kuida

Have you ever noticed the flowers of the Indju, Kwihi or Palu di Kuida tree, also called Mesquite.

Dragonflies & damselflies: Ischnura ramburii

The Ischnura ramburrii is one of several damselfly species occurring on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

Wild flowers: Hilu di diabel

The Hilu di Diabel is very easy to recognize. If you see a bush along the side of the road that is covered with long orange-yellow tentacle-like threads, then you have located a specimen of Dodder

Nature in August – Cicada Concerts

In various locations on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba, it’s happening again: those incredibly loud chirping sounds emanating from the mondi, growing to deafening proportions. The cicadas have awakened.

Wild flowers – Sida ciliaris

Yerba di pinda, a native plant, most people will not look at twice!

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