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

Mother Whale Breaching

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Seal Side-Eye

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)

The Humpback & The Gull

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Head-On Humpback Breach

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Diversity of Bird Life

105 Observations

64 Identified Species

Blue-Headed Vireo

Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Red-Shouldered Hawk Flying Past Emblem of the National Park Service

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Shechen Crow Against Backdrop of Buddhist Prayer Flags

Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)

Short-Eared Owl Hunting Low Over New York Grasslands

New York, USA (February 2020)

White-Throated Kingfisher

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

2024 Juvenile Barred Screeching to Mother in Branches Above

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2024)

Hall of Mammals

26 Observations

18 Identified Species

Seal Side-Eye

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

American Black Bear

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2024)

Porpoising Harbor Seal

Castine, Maine (September 2021)

Newborn Deer Calf

Seguin, Texas, USA (May 2014)

Porcupine Displays Its Quills

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2021)

Macaque Mother Eating Corn Raided from Nepalese Farm

Hemja, Nepal (June 2013)

Filed Herptile

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

33 Observations

31 Identified Species

Ring-Necked Snake

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2023)

Basking Crocodile

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Northern Map Turtle

Ward Marsh, West Haven, Vermont, USA (April 2022)

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Greater Short-Horned Lizard

Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)

Crocodile Stalks Pond Edge

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

The Varieties of Plant Life

46 Observations

44 Identified Species

Flowering-Rush

Ward Marsh, West Haven, Vermont, USA (September 2020)

Red Trillium

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2020)

Jerusalem Lampwick

Paros, Greece (August 2017)

Creeping Bellflower

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2026)

Long Tube Lousewort

Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)

Norfolk Island Pine

Church of Agios Arsenios, Paros, Greece (August 2017)

Arthropoda of the World

60 Observations

52 Identified Species

Fierce Orbweaver Spider

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2025)

Ash Cicada at Greek Monastery

Monastery of Agion Theodoron, Paros, Greece (August 2017)

Scarlet Skimmer Dragonfly

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2018)

Shamrock Orbweaver Spider

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2011)

Marbled Orbweaver Spider Silk Wrapping Its Prey

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2021)

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

American Yellow Fly Agaric

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2018)

Oyster Mushrooms

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2018)

The Chromistas

1 Observations

1 Identified Species

Knotted Wrack Seaweed

Castine, Maine (September 2021)

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