A spider with remarkable web fishing skills is the Ogre faced spider – shown here is the Hong Kong species 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘴...

Who would expect to encounter a lion, a polar bear, an Andean condor or a Sequoia tree while taking a walk in Hong Kong (except maybe...

The common perception of wasps as an insect living within a colony composed of hundreds to thousands of individuals, which eventually...

When it comes to introducing Physalia physalis, one must first talk about taxonomic classification. The genus Physalia is the sole...

Many spiders mimic other species – either as a defense against predators or as a way of predating on their model. The Amyciaea species...

In H.K., at least two different species of the Siler genus – Siler cupreus and Siler collingwoodi are known. However, I usually see the...

As Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring, said, “In nature, nothing exists alone.”. Everything is connected in nature. Ecologists...

“Biodiversity”, a contraction for “biological diversity”, represents “the variability among living organisms from all sources including,...

In last week's post, I have introduced the surprising diversity of new species being described from Hong Kong. In this post I will...

You may have learned a few weeks ago that NASA spent several billions of dollars to send a robot seeking life on Mars. So here are good...