A twig of the Antilles In the Dominican Republic in late December, I was checking a hedge branch by branch when a part of the …

Three frogs, one loud night The same wet December night in the Dominican Republic that produced two tree frogs produced a third, this one clinging …

The lichen tricksters of the Caribbean Late in December in the Dominican Republic, I spent an afternoon doing a strange thing: staring at bark. Not …

A mantis most people would walk straight past On Christmas Eve 2024 I was out in the Dominican Republic when a praying mantis caught my …

A patient hunter with spiny legs On Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic, a small, angular insect was sitting on a plant stem near the …

A stick-thin mantis of the Caribbean On December 24 in the Dominican Republic, a mantis was stretched along a twig, so long and thin that …

A conehead with a night job Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic, and the daylight insects had all found their hiding places. On a leafy …

A green mantis from the land of Santo Domingo Christmas Eve in the Dominican Republic delivered a second mantis before lunch. This one was green, …

A thorn-armored bug on a warm Caribbean evening It was late December in the Dominican Republic, and the dry-season warmth had brought the true bugs …