Flora and Fauna of Tropical Asia – The fascinating world of tropical nature

16 September 2017 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags

Sometimes I wonder if there are many families of animals (or plants) represented by just a sole species. In other ...

13 July 2016 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

It’s always a pleasure to discover that a new species of bird has moved into one’s garden to start a family. ...

18 June 2016 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 4 tags

Following my dramatic (and heartbreaking) encounter with the Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) three years ago, I kept hoping to find ...

11 November 2015 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

With 50 species of snake, many of which are endemic, Taiwan has to be one of the best places to ...

31 May 2015 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

I bought a pair of Solomons cockatoos (Cacatua ducorpsii) in December 2010. At six months of age, they were still ...

18 February 2015 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

“Where could the fish go?” I was quietly wondering after numerous attempts at counting the koi fish in the fish ...

7 September 2014 Ladislav Bodnar 8 Comments 3 tags

It is the second time in less than a year that I am hand-feeding a lost Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) ...

4 July 2014 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

The tropical world is filled with incredible plants, some quite astonishing in shape, colour, size and behaviour. One of the ...

12 June 2014 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags

One of the most spectacular birds I observed during my recent trip to the Indian ocean island of Réunion was ...

8 March 2014 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

For any amateur botanist who has travelled around the tropics, it becomes abundantly clear that the vast majority of ornamentals ...