Turahalli Forest – social spiders in action

Was amazed to by chance witness social spiders having their morning breakfast… Whereas most spiders are solitary and even aggressive toward other members of their own species, some hundreds of species in several families show a tendency to live in groups, often referred to…

Beyond Dreaming

Beyond Dreaming Winter morning’s a bit chilly, And a forest walk may be hilly, Though I’m not really lazy, The bed’s just too cozy. Maybe with sleeping early at night, Waking up won’t be such a fight, Just that one little push into the…

Movement

What we can learn from a millipede – with all its legs, it doesn’t have to think about how it has to move them to go forward… it just moves. Here we can observe it in slow motion for a few moments and see…

The Indispensable Mobile Phone

So what if we use the phone all the time? Its become part of our modern society right? We need to adapt to our changing world so we need to get even kids phones because every other kid has one and its just… part…

Looking Around

While children’s ability to look around is still unpolluted by the interaction with electronic devices (which is often multi-tasked and at a high speed) they have a keen sense of observation. Snail having a snack (This snail was spotted by a child after 2…

Nothing In Particular

To sit under a tree You see, you are not educated to be alone. Do you ever go out for a walk by yourself? It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with a book, not with a companion,…

nature versus garbage

For those who are short on time and inclination, here is the conclusion in advance: kindly carry your own trash bags wherever in the remote wilderness you go and carry back your non-biodegradable trash with you, even small chocolate wrappers, and dispose it in…

caving – meet the earth

[@Bristol, UK] Maybe a decade ago, the prospect of exploring a closed deep tunnel deep into the very womb of the Earth… may not have seemed very endearing. Well, to begin at the beginning… I went to this doctor on Monday about my otherwise…