absam forest fire: three weeks later [photos]
in mid-march, the hochmahdkopf forest fire claimed a total of 120 hectares of protective forest and turned into the biggest forest fire in tyrol’s history. restauration measures are expected to […]
living pictures
photo: spider wasp in action – when the hunter becomes the prey
spider wasps (pompilidae) are – in a nutshell – really badass insects. to provide food for their larvae, these wasps go hunting for spiders that are usually bigger than themselves. […]
australia flashback: short-beaked echidna
this short-beaked echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus) crossed our way near 90-mile beach. it kept going back and forth across the road at the blindest bend in kilometres. while generally afraid of […]
hawkesbury frogs!
two days of continuous rain re-filled all the little landscape depressions and ephemeral ponds with plenty of water around richmond. the first night without rain was ideal for frog-spotting. brianne […]
australia, weeks 3 and 4
wow, the past two weeks just flew by… here’s a selection of (mostly off-time) impressions, reaching from the local scenery to science stuff, and on to culinary delights. also included: […]
a rafting trip in tirol
in the ongoing effort to try everything at least once (well, almost everything), we did a rafting trip in my home province tirol (austria), a few weeks back. one of […]