Dominican Republic

A gecko on night watch On a January night in the Dominican Republic, I stepped out onto the porch and found a small gecko already …

A banded longhorn on a Caribbean morning On January 4 in the Dominican Republic, a slender beetle was resting on a low branch, and the …

A shrub that paints its own seeds red In early January, on a sunny day in the Dominican Republic, I stopped in front of a …

A colony that never asked for an invitation New Year’s Day in the Dominican Republic, and a trail of ants was streaming across the driveway …

Bark that watches back New Year’s Eve in the Dominican Republic, and I was scanning a lichen-covered trunk when a patch of grey bark moved. …

A horned heavyweight on a winter path On the last day of December I was walking a quiet path in the Dominican Republic when something …

A tree frog with a bony helmet Late on a December night in the Dominican Republic, the garden was full of calling frogs. One voice …

The same song, a different singer A few days before New Year, the garden in the Dominican Republic was singing again. The same loud, repeated …

The moth of many legends One night in late December, the Dominican Republic, a light on the veranda was doing its usual work, and it …

The guest who eats the cockroaches Late one December night in the Dominican Republic, something large and flat was sitting on the wall of the …

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 …