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
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)
White-Throated Kingfisher
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
2 Observations
2 Identified Species
American Yellow Fly Agaric
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (September 2018)
Oyster Mushrooms
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2018)
1 Observations
1 Identified Species
Knotted Wrack Seaweed
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
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