An interesting fact is that lined flatworms can reproduce two ways This interesting marine invertebrate is called a lined flatworm. Although you will also see these called tiger flatworms or Crozier’s flatworm (Pseudoceros crozieri). Although it may look big in this photo, this creature is only one inch long! They are known to live in […]
SLENDER FILEFISH – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Blackwater photography is unique because everything you are shooting will typically be within an arm’s reach. I believe this blackwater photo to be of a juvenile filefish. It is only about one to two inches long! This photo was taken during a blackwater night dive off the […]
BOULDER STAR CORAL – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Bloodworms get their color from the hemoglobin it its body fluid This vibrant red worm gets its color from the hemoglobin in its body fluid. The bloodworm’s mouth is exposed, and if you look close you can even see the four antennae. These bottom dwelling worms […]
Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Cayman Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Christopher Columbus called Samana Bay “Golfo de las Flechas” This beautiful sunset is from the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. More specifically this was taken near a small municipal district called, Arroyo Barril, just west of Samana. If […]
HUMPBACK WHALE – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Playa El Valle is located 100 miles from shoals of the Silver Bank This sunset is also brought to you by the Dominican Republic. However, this sunset is from El Valle, a small town along the northeastern coast. This was a remote, white-sand, cove-style beach. The beach sits […]
SALTMARSH SPARROW – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED This intertidal salt marsh is called Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area This sunset photo was taken where I live, in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This intertidal salt marsh is called Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area. This costal estuary is an important habitat for birds, fish, crustaceans, and seals. When viewed from […]
BALD CYPRESS – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN The photo she was admiring was taken right behind [Clyde Butcher’s] gallery. Have you ever heard of the photographer Clyde Butcher? He is an American photography icon. Butcher, who was born in 1942, is known for his black and white photography, specifically from the wetlands of Florida. […]
ALLIGATOR GAR – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Alligator gars are “living fossils” What am I looking at? This strange shaped fish is named after what it looks like, an alligator. It is in fact a fish. However, this fish can breathe both air and water! In addition, this type of fish is actually able […]
LAUGHING GULLS – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Laughing gulls can be found from Maine to Central America! This majestic bird is called a laughing gull. As the name suggests, this bird make a loud “ha ha ha ha” call, which sounds like laughing. As a laughing gull ages, its colors change dramatically. The bird […]
SALT HAY – IUCN Conservation Status: INSUFFICIENT DATA Smooth cordgrass and a grass called “salt hay” make up most of the salt marsh grasses you see in New Hampshire It’s hard to pass up a summer sunset over the salt marsh. In this photo, the type of plant shown is called smooth cordgrass. Smooth cordgrass […]