These octos get their name from being active during the day and indeed we spotted this one either hunting or hiding among the reef in Timor Leste. That distinct brown/white coloration is typical of a Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea), but they can also show a…
I took these videos of these American Giant Millipedes (Narceus americanus) over a month ago while I was hiking in McConnells Mill State Park. I recently decided to put them together and make a semi-educational video similar to the Weaver Ants video I made while…
It isn’t too often that a nudibranch is this cooperative, but this series of photos shows how when I first spotted (pun intended!) this nudibranch, it was just crawling along the sea floor. However, as I got closer, it decided to sit up nice a…
Though this may really look like a nudibranch (and in particular one I’ve shared before), this is actually a juvenile sea cucumber – probably a Black Spotted Sea Cucumber (Bohadschia graeffei). One particular point you can use to spot the difference is the tube feet…
I only took one photo of these tiny little Sponge Isopods (Santia sp.) when I was in Timor Leste, and I kind of wish I had gotten some closer shots (though I also am not sure how close this one is). I am not sure…
I’ve shared a couple photos of this waterfall previously, but I was going through the archives and figured I would share a couple new angles.
Some of the items from the post title are easier to spot than others depending on the photo (and they’re not all in every photo), but see if you can locate them. Note: Click on the photo to open it in the lightbox for a…
A tiny little critter found during a night dive in Amed, this Olivar’s Squat Lobster (Munida olivarae) is only a little over an inch long including its claws.
This first shot, I got pretty close to this snake, pushing the minimum focusing distance of 3.2 feet on my Canon 100-400mm telephoto lens for this very nice close-up. Don’t worry – I had observed the snake for a long while before approaching this close,…
Ok – so I actually have three videos for you… I couldn’t decide on what music to use, so I simply used three different songs (I at least managed to narrow it down that far). Two of the videos have one extra “scene” to accommodate…
Today is another case where I had something else scheduled to go live, but I moved it to bump something up on the schedule. On Monday, I decided to head out specifically with two photographic subjects in mind… Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) and the NEOWISE…
Yes, you read that title correctly… this is a very deadly snail in the cone snail family. While I was on my Timor Leste expedition with Blue Ventures, our hazardous marine creatures lecture included a section about cone snails… of course most people scoff at…
A couple more of those Red-Spotted Newts (Notophthalmus v. viridescens).
