A journey into the extraordinary world of social insects Ants!They have made their way inside; a long, orderly line has invaded my kitchen and is marching purposefully toward the pantry, drawn by a packet of cookies and a jar of honey—intent on stealing them bit by bit. It is a […]
Maria Beatrice Lupi
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A mother and child are walking through the woods, where large, majestic trees shade the path and the forest teems with life. The child is small, in the “hows” and “whys” phase typical of the age when we become curious about the world around us. Faced with the spectacle of […]
Firefly, firefly, come to me,I’ll give you the king’s bread,the king’s and queen’s bread,firefly, firefly, come closer! Thus sang the children of the last century on warm early summer nights, when the darkness, as if by magic, was illuminated by tiny flashes—an orchestra of lights over the wheat fields, near […]
In a fast-paced world, exploring places, big cities, and one’s own country has been reduced to organized trips, to cities overwhelmed by overtourism, to guided tours that take visitors to the most famous landmarks, whose images decorate the walls of tour operators or fill the glossy pages of specialized magazines. […]
In winter, in the woods and mist-shrouded countryside, on the trunks and branches of now-bare deciduous trees, one sometimes sees, alas, increasingly rarely, bushy balls—tangles of greenish branches and leaves: these are the Mistletoe plants! Mistletoe (Viscum album L. 1753) belongs to the Santalaceae family. It is a bushy evergreen […]