Looking at St. Martin from 1984 to the present with the updated Google Earth timelapse feature is pretty fascinating. It’s certainly not perfect, I think the data is pretty infrequent in the early years and part of what we can see is the improvement in the quality of satellite imagery. Still, we can also see …
Even eating machines need a way to defend themselves! On Statia, a wide variety of defense techniques are used by various species, and these caterpillars have their own approach to staying safe:
With this episode of Preparing Skulls for Your Museum, we arrive at the end of our journey from regular ol’ skulls like you find all over the place to beautiful museum exhibit skulls. Check out the video and, as always, head over to the Amuseum Naturalis site to find out more about our preparations for …
With this episode of Preparing Skulls for Your Museum, we arrive at the end of our journey from regular ol’ skulls like you find all over the place to beautiful museum exhibit skulls. Check out the video and, as always, head over to the Amuseum Naturalis site to find out more about our preparations for …
Mangroves are the cornerstone of our most important wetland environments, but all over the island what should be leafy and green has turned brown and bare. What’s happening to our mangroves?
Soapberry bugs? Yup! We’re interested in raising some of these insects—which may be locally endemic—as part of a new exhibit. Of course, we also have to raise some soapberry vines so we can ensure a food supply for our bugs. Check out our process:
If you’re enjoying On Expedition with Les Fruits de Mer by Marc AuMarc, you’ll probably want to have the Les Fruits de Mer theme song as a ringtone on your phone. Luckily, we’ve created ringtones with three versions from the album and you can download them right here. Hear the call of expedition and adventure …
Here we go again! Let’s check in on the skull soup we made in the last video and take a few more steps to get our skulls looking great for the museum.
The sound of excitement and adventure comes alive in the new album On Expedition with Les Fruits de Mer. Composed and recorded by Marc AuMarc over the past year on St. Martin and on location elsewhere in the Caribbean, the twelve-track album explores and deconstructs the Les Fruits de Mer association’s iconic theme song across …
In a special Bird Watch SXM for St. Martin’s Day, we honor a national symbol: the Brown Pelican. It’s not only a fantastic bird, but its history echoes that of the island itself in some ways.