Version française English translation The gear train! Such a fabulous mechanical system consisting of at least two gear touching each other, traditionally associated with human technological and intellectual progress. This simple mechanical machine...
Version française English translation October 1832. It’s been almost a year now since the proud Royal Navy’s HMS Beagle sailed from the port of Plymouth, England. This two-masted Cherokee-class brig-sloop, able of carrying...
Version française English translation It’s dark. You are comfortably sitting in your couch or in your chair. Tonight is a relaxing evening. You’re here at binge-watch a series on your favourite streaming platform....
Version française English translation In a previous post I introduced you a family of daunting predatory flies with exceptional aerial skills: the Asilidae. I would now present you another family of predatory flies...
Version française English translation Sunny days are coming back! With the rising of temperatures, arthropods reappear: bees start looting flowers again, butterflies start to fly again, and spiders weave new webs or wander...
Version française English translation Often, a spider is named after a physical feature. Sometimes a spider is named as a tribute to a person, a naturalist or a celebrity. Other times a spider...
Version française English translation When we talk about flies often comes to mind the archetype of the “flesh fly” i.e. something more or less big and more or less black that doesn’t fly...
Version française English translation During my naturalist walks, I was given several times the opportunity to witness this perfectly strange scene: a honeybee, motionless, on a flower. Perfectly strange, because she does not...
Version française English translation The elegant curves, a malachite colour that can draw slightly towards the azure, wings with artistic frames, and copper eyes which are golden-dyed: that’s how you could describe the...
Version française English translation What funny little critters that the mayflies. They are said to have such a limited life expectancy that they will only see in their skinny existence one sunrise and...
