Beautiful, isn’t it, those mushrooms? Like this one, the fairytale antler fungus (left in the photo). The name says it all, the fruiting body is shaped like deer antlers. The species is indispensable, like all fungi. They remove natural waste and create fertile soil again, allowing new plants to grow. Do you like identifying mushrooms? […]
This week we were surprised by a snorting sound at our Field Study Center de Schelphoek. During a walk around the building, we came across a hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). The hedgehog was most likely looking for a place to hibernate. You may expect the hedgehog to sleep through the winter, but this is not the […]
Beautiful, isn’t it, those autumn colours? The leaves fall down and have a warm orange and red colour. But not only the forests get a beautiful appearance, the salt marshes get a red autumn colour. This is due to samphire. This plant grows on saline soil such as in the Prunje nature reserve […]
This month an interesting animal was spotted in the Oosterschelde, a dolphin! You can regularly see the porpoise swimming along in the Oosterschelde, but you rarely see dolphins. According to SOS dolphin, it is a bottlenose dolphin. Watch the video of Omroep Zeeland here. The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is known for its intelligence. They […]
As a foundation, we stand for fieldwork. Why do we think this is important? Students work in groups in which they set up their own research. This is done as follows: students make a research plan, collect data and write a research report or make a presentation. This stimulates their own motivation; they investigate something […]
Our photographer, Appie Bonis, has put this blow-fly in the spotlight. The blow-fly was doing something interesting; it was blowing bubbles. But why? The blow-fly blows bubbles to lose heat. Blowflies often release a liquid bubble between its mouthparts and then brings it back in… Because some liquid evaporates, the drop cools quickly, and then […]
