When it rains the mondi is full with these cream coloured flowers, growing in dense clusters on shrubs or small trees that have dark green leaves that feel rough to the touch.
The avifauna of the Leeward islands, the diversity of bird species on the islands, consists of several seed eaters, and the most inconspicuous and often overlooked species is the Black Faced grassquit or Mòfi (Tiaris bicolor)
This snail and shell species has quite a name in English: the Bleeding Tooth Nerite. It is kind of logical though if you take a good look at the shell this snail species builds for itself.
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…
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…
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…