28 Jul 2016
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
The walrus utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and sometimes they might break as is the case with this one. This…
26 Jul 2016
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
These clumsy and fat mammals on land are amazingly fast and agile in the ocean! This encounter by the Seven Islands (Sjuøyane), Svalbard is from a zodiac, and…
9 Feb 2015
Sooty Blue Zizeeria knysna
There are many species of butterflies on Socotra, and in some areas you can see many of them if there are plenty of plants in bloom. At higher elevations -…
13 Dec 2014
Eumaeus minyas
I found many butterflies around the dark forest floor of the forest surrounding the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Some so well camouflaged…
28 Nov 2014
Gray ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
Yet another interesting species I found on the many sandbanks - some locations I found them in groups like here. It's very small but beautiful genus in the…
29 Nov 2012
Cleistocactus samaipatanus
Finding cacti on the sheer cliffs of Refugio Los Volcanes was a surprise to me! I saw their red flowers from afar, but assumed totally different species.
16 Nov 2012
Cardon cactus (Echinopsis tarijensis)
When not in bloom it looks just like the white-flowering Echinopsis atacamensis, but this one is much rarer, and I found only one with flower here on the…
16 Nov 2012
Cardon cactus (Echinopsis tarijensis)
When not in bloom it looks like the white-flowering Echinopsis atacamensis, but this one is much rarer, and I found only one with flower here on the slopes of…
16 Nov 2012
Cactus nest on Isla del Pescado (Fish Island)
For birds that have a need to build nests above ground, a desert has few options, so they learn to deal with the spines and use them to their advantage. It…
16 Nov 2012
Cardon cactus (Trichocereus atacamensis ssp. pasacana)
The white-spined variety is my favourite of the cacti here, and with the backdrop of the white salt flats they create a surreal feeling of ice and snow!