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
Porpoising Dolphin Reenters Water
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2024)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Foraging Sea Grass in Turbulent Cove
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Diversity of Bird Life
110 Observations
65 Identified Species
New York Pidgeon King Perched at the Top of the City
Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA (September 2012)
Indigo Bunting
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2023)
Osprey
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA
Goose Landing on Pond Ice
Westport, Connecticut, USA (January 2012)
Pileated Woodpecker Male Backlit by Winter Sun
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (December 2025)
White-Throated Kingfisher
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Hall of Mammals
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
Elk Bull
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)
Five-Striped Palm Squirrel In the Garden of the Shechen Monastery
Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Sika Deer
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
American Black Bear
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2024)
Rabid Bat in Vermont
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (October 2019)
Filed Herptile

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

33 Observations
31 Identified Species
Spring Peeper
Poultney, Vermont, USA (March 2012)
Cloud-Forest Japalure
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)
American Alligator
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Greater Short-Horned Lizard
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Foraging Sea Grass in Turbulent Cove
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Spring Snapping Turtle on Vermont Farm
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2011)
The Varieties of Plant Life
46 Observations
44 Identified Species
Himalayan Horned Poppy
Lete, Nepal (May 2013)
Smooth Shadbush
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2026)
Fringed Loosestrife
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2026)
Bladder Campion
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2021)
Common Soapwort
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2026)
Steeplebush
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2025)
Arthropoda of the World
60 Observations
52 Identified Species
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (August 2025)
Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2018)
Dot-Tailed Whiteface Dragonfly
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2019)
Dragonfly Mating Wheel
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2019)
Faithful Beauty Butterfly
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)
Indian Milkweed Bug
Paros, Greece (August 2017)
Mollusca
2 Observations
2 Identified Species
Roman Snail along the Wall at Gütsch Lucerne, Switzerland
Château Gütsch, Lucerne, Switzerland
Eastern Whitelip Snail
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2019)
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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