Ryan Van Meter Ryan Van Meter Expeditions Photographs

Biodiversity

Observations from my expeditions to document the amazing variety of species living on our planet.

Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Foraging Sea Grass in Turbulent Cove
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Cruising the Coast of Cape Ann
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Northern Gannet Dives into the Stellwagen Bank
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Cooperative Lunge Feeding Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Spotted Eagle Ray
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA (February 2013)
Diversity of Bird Life
105 Observations
64 Identified Species
Short-Eared Owl
New York, USA
Merlin
Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean (September 2021)
Blue Grosbeak
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)
Glossy Ibis
Spotted Sandpiper
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Snowy Owl
New York, USA
Hall of Mammals
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Five-Striped Palm Squirrel In the Garden of the Shechen Monastery
Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)
Sika Deer
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
Porpoising Harbor Seal
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Austin, Texas, USA (August 2011)
Eastern Coyote At Forest Edge
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2013)
Filed Herptile

Exploring the forms and lives of the creepers — Reptiles and Amphibians.

33 Observations
31 Identified Species
Montane Toad-Headed Agama Rare Himalayan Lizard
Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)
Salamander Macro Portrait
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (April 2023)
Juvenile Eastern Box Turtle
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
Portrait of a Treefrog
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2025)
Northern Map Turtle
Ward Marsh, West Haven, Vermont, USA (April 2022)
Crocodile Stalks Pond Edge
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
The Varieties of Plant Life
46 Observations
44 Identified Species
Androsace tapete Rock-Jasmine of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau
Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)
Squirrel Corn
Pawlet, Vermont, USA
Tree-of-Heaven
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)
Yellow Himalayan Raspberry
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)
Red Trillium
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2020)
Asian Bleeding-Heart
Belfast, Maine, USA (May 2018)
Arthropoda of the World
60 Observations
52 Identified Species
Black Horse Fly Massive 1½-Inch-Long Fly
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)
Two-Spotted Tree Cricket
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (October 2020)
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2025)
Blinded Sphinx Moth
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2024)
Indian Milkweed Bug
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Ash Cicada at Greek Monastery
Monastery of Agion Theodoron, Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Mollusca
2 Observations
2 Identified Species
Eastern Whitelip Snail
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2019)
Roman Snail along the Wall at Gütsch Lucerne, Switzerland
Château Gütsch, Lucerne, Switzerland
The Fungus Among Us
2 Observations
2 Identified Species
Oyster Mushrooms
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2018)
American Yellow Fly Agaric
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2018)
The Chromistas
1 Observations
1 Identified Species
Knotted Wrack Seaweed
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
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