In this fast paced world in which we live it can be easy to forget that nature operates on a very different clock. Our schedule has very little to do with when the sun rises in the morning and when it sets in the evening. If we need to do something when the sun is down we turn on a light. Even before electricity we “bucked the system” so to speak and used artificial light to extend the hours of our day.

In nature that is not the case. Daytime creatures go by a different clock and abide by the rules nature sets forth. They have no means of providing additional illumination once the sun has retired for the day. Wherever they are when the sun goes down is where they will have to stay. Read the rest of this entry »