perils of living in a city
In a previous article, we talked about observing nature at the smaller end of the spectrum. Living temporarily in a city, we rarely have a chance to amuse ourselves on those miniscule wonders. Neither do we...
Category: prakriti
nature at the smaller end of the specturm; and tortoise beetles
We all have a natural tendency to associate nature, wilderness and the animal kingdom with those at the larger end of the spectrum, like lions, tigers, antelopes, and those of the kind we often...
skink mimicking a snake
In the recent articles we talked about tactics from the snakes, spiders, birds and others for survival, and for saving their offspring. In the picture below, you can see a skink (kind of lizards)...
captain’s wood snake
We discovered this snake from under the ground while digging, the same time when this species was being named. That is, it was not known that such a species existed, taxonomically. It was in...
spider X and st. andrew’s cross: death-feigning tactics
This is a common garden spider, but known by a lot of special names, one of them being the St. Andrew’s Cross spider. They are known so because they align their legs in the...
