Sometimes strange scenes of nature are acted out right in our neighborhood, and we might pass by without a notice. During this hot month of July, insects abound. It seems as no surprise that these ...

Your article on the faeces-trapping plant Nepenthes (1 February, p 43) was fascinating, but I have a quibble. When I visited the padang of Bako National Park in Borneo some years ago, I saw vegetation ...