Banded Sea Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Banded sea snake Laticauda colubrina Description: Smooth-scaled snake that is a pale shade of blue...
Saw Scaled Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Description: Color is light buff with shades of brown, dull red,...
Russell’s Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Russell’s viper Vipera russellii Description: Light brown body with three rows of dark brown or...
Puff adder snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Puff adder Bitis arietans Description: Yellowish, light brown, or orange with chevron-shaped dark brown or...
Palestinian viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Palestinian viper Vipera palaestinae Description: Olive to rusty brown with a dark V-shaped mark on...
McMahon’s viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
McMahon’s viper Eristicophis macmahonii Description: Sandy buff color dominates the body, with darker brown spots...
Habu Pit Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Habu Pit Viper Naja haje Description: Yellowish, dark brown, or black uniform top with brown...
Tick – the dangers of tick bites, how to avoid them, and how to treat
Ticks are in the same family as spiders and hence share some characteristics with them (e.g. like spiders, Ticks have…
All about wasps and hornets – their habitat, sting, treatment, and how to avoid their bite.
Wasps and hornets Description: The Wasp, or Hornet (also known as Dirt Daubers, Mud Daubers,...
All about bees – their habitat, sting, and how to avoid being attacked
Bee Description: Bees are flying insects with brown or black, hairy, fuzz-covered bodies (the hair...
Oleander – how to identify this poisonous plant and diagnose/treat poisoning.
Oleander Nerium oleander Dogbane (Apocynaceae) Family Description: The poisonous Oleander shrub (or small tree) grows...
Chinaberry – how to identify this poisonous plant and diagnose/treat poisoning.
Chinaberry Melia azedarach Mahogany (Meliaceae) Family Description: The poisonous Chinaberry tree (also known as bead-tree,...
Castor bean, castor-oil plant, palma Christi – how to identify this poisonous plant and diagnose/treat poisoning.
Castor bean, castor-oil plant, palma Christi Ricinus communis Spurge (Euphorbiaceae) Family Description: The castor bean...
Wild pistachio – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild pistachio (Pistacia species) Wild Pistachio plants can grow as shrubs or trees up to...
Wild desert gourd or colocynth – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild desert gourd or colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) The wild desert gourd (also known as Bitter...
Wild caper – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Wild caper (Capparis aphylla) Wild Caper, also known as Kerda, Kair, Karir, Kirir, and Karril,...
Prickly pear cactus – Surprise! All parts of this plant are edible!
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species) The Prickly Pear (or Paddle) cactus has flat, padlike stems...
Pine trees – pine provides a bounty of uses in survival situations
Pine trees are easily recognized by their needle-like leaves grouped in bundles. Each bundle may contain one to five needles,…
Persimmon – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana and other species) The common persimmon trees (also known as American Persimmon,...
Orach (Saltbush) – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Orach (Atriplex species) The edible Orach plant (also known as Saltbush, Garden Orache, Red Orache,...
Mango – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Mango (Mangifera indica) The Mango tree may reach 34-40 meters (115-130 feet) in height with...
Horseradish tree – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Horseradish or Drumstick tree (Moringa pterygosperma) The edible Horseradish tree (also known as the moringa,...
Fishtail palm – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Fishtail palm (Caryota urens) Fishtail palms are large trees, at least 18 meters (60 feet)...
Date palm – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) The date palm is a tall, unbranched tree with a crown...
Jujube – edible wild plant – how to find, identify, prepare, and other uses for survival.
Common jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) The common jujube is either a deciduous tree growing to a...
