Almost everyone is familiar with them: those small, brownish-grey, moth-like insects that suddenly appear out of nowhere in the bathroom and quickly end up inside your shower cubicle.
August, September, October and November are yearly high seasons for migratory birds on the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Plovers can sometimes be quite tricky to identify. This is the American Golden Plover.
If there is one plant of which its flowers and especially the spherical structure from which the flowers grow, inspire people to do handcrafts and make all kinds of floral arrangements, it is the flower of the Pònpòn.
Spotting colourful fish in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean is often the main goal of avid snorkelers on the island, both local and visiting. Meet the Beaugregory.
Photographing bird nests containing chicks is a ‘big no-no’ in nature photography. If you were to submit such a photo to a photo contest, disqualification is usually the result.
Most people pay no attention to plants that bloom at night, unless it is the famous cactus known as the Dama di anochi. That is a shame, because we have various native plants that also bloom at their most beautiful at night.
The Orange longhorn beetle is not officially called that; no popular name has been designated for these animals yet, but we do know that the scientific name is Oxymerus aculeatus, a species belonging to the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles).
Many of the local fruits that were once popular are now hardly known. An example of such a forgotten plant is the Dushi kabei also called Palu di mora or Palu dushi di kabei.
Various species of moray eels can be found in the waters of the ABC islands. Moray eels belong to the group of fish and not snakes, as many people think.