Ecology – Pagina 2 – Caribbean Footprint

Baby birds behaviour

juni 9, 2025

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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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (9) – Sick; swallow a tree!

juni 3, 2025

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The active fight of plants against natural attacks, such as predation by insects and other animals, fungi that want to invade and fauna that use parts of the plants, has resulted in a variety of defence mechanisms. Some of these are highly beneficial to human kind.

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (8) – Trees under the magnifying glass

mei 25, 2025

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If you want a forest, you need trees. Trees are special organisms that are more complex than we often think. The ease with which trees are cut down would be a lot less if we realized how much a tree has had to go through to become as big and wide as we see it.

Birds - Vogels Fauna

Island endemics – Bananaquit

mei 20, 2025

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Did you know that Curaçao and Aruba share an endemic subspecies of Bananaquit and that Bonaire has its very own endemic subspecies that is somewhat different! Read on for more…

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (7) – Local forests under the magnifying glass

mei 16, 2025

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Biologically, a distinction is made between different types of vegetation on our islands, and therefore different types of forests. The distinction is closely related to the geological composition of the soil on our small islands.

Flora Wild flowers - Wilde bloemen

Wild flowers – Beyisima

mei 12, 2025

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One of the most conspicuous flowers you can find almost all over the place on all three islands of Aruba Bonaire and Curaçao is of the invasive plant called Beyisima, Beyísima or Coralita (Antigonon leptopus).

Ecology - Ecologie Environment - Milieu

Stewardship vs. Conservation

mei 6, 2025

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It happens that someone uses one specific word in a speech which inspires you to write about, and elaborate on that topic. This time it is the word stewardship. In a world where there exists a deafening cry for nature conservation it is important to reflect on what certain terminology actually implies.

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (6) – Microclimates on a tree

mei 3, 2025

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One tree can have a variety of microclimates suitable to a wide array of species of animals, other plants, fungi, lichen and more.

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Help make the seabird breeding season on Curaçao a success!

april 24, 2025

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April, May, June, July and part of August are the months that mark the breeding season of seabirds on Curacao. In April, the breeding rituals and nesting begin, a crucial period that we point out every year. And where you too can make a major contribution to making this a successful breeding season. Read on and help!

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