Wherever you go, from the plains to the foothills, along the trails or at the edges of cultivated fields, you may easily encounter a plant resembling a cucumber vine in appearance. However, if disturbed, this plant releases a spray of liquid. This intriguing species is known as the Squirting Cucumber, […]
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The flora, and obviously the fauna, which has colonized the circum-Mediterranean territory, has had to face a very particular situation: rainfall concentrated only in a few months, with consequent long dry periods and a long annual photoperiod. These characteristics lead to consider the Mediterranean climate as subtropical. In fact, the […]
The oblique rays of the sun that light up the clear winter days illuminate the innermost and deepest parts of the bushes, shrubs and treetops, highlighting the colours of their berries. Red, purple, blue, black, brown. It is their bright colours that are the first attraction for insects, birds and […]