IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Living rock cactus are being poached from the wild I absolutely love this weird wild photo of a living rock cactus! This was taken while on a trip in Big Bend National Park in Texas. When I first saw one of these cacti, I thought that it had been stepped […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Insufficient Data The leaf-footed bug has five nymph instar stages This photo of a leaf-footed bug was taken while Jill and I were out for a hike in Shades State Park in Waveland, Indiana. Shades offers one of the most unique hikes in Indiana. We had started the hike on trail number […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Insufficient Data Alpheus Spring Packard identified 500 new animal species I took this photo while out for a hike with Matt in New Hampshire. The day before we had been diving in Maine, and we had spent the night camping. Surprisingly, this was the only photo that I took that day, and […]
Big Bend National Park This photo was taken far from light pollution in west Texas This photo was taken far from light pollution, out in west Texas. I took this photo in Big Bend National Park, which sits right on the border of Mexico and the United States. This area is remote. We camped in the desert a […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Their bodies have horizontal blue and yellow stripes This is the head of a snakefish, otherwise known as a blunt-nose lizardfish. This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean, and more specifically this photo was taken off of West Palm Beach, Florida. These fish live on the bottom (benthic) and tend to […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern They have an anguilliform body plan This creature may appear menacing; however, it is only opening its mouth to breathe. Goldentail moray eels will continuously open and close their mouths as a requirement of their respiration process. These eels don’t have bony gill covers like a fish would have. Instead, goldentail eels […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Varies Curly maple is sought out by woodworkers Curly maple is commonly known to woodworkers for the unique grain that is created by the grain of the wood. Seeing curly maple in the wild is not common, and can be quite astounding as you try to uncover why the tree grew in […]
Shades State Park The drop off is 100 feet to the bottom of the sandstone ridge! Step after step we hiked up the trail. It was a perfect day for hiking with temperatures in the mid-seventies. The sun was shining that day, and there wasn’t a hint of foul weather. Jill and I were hiking […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Varies Lichens are known as composite organisms I took this photo while out for a hike with Matt at Eagle Creek Park in central Indiana. we had rented a super telephoto lens to take some bird photos. While we were getting out to the lake, I was playing with matts 105mm lens […]
IUCN Conservation Status: Data Deficient Sea cucumbers are echinoderms in the class Holothuroidea. This photo is of a Pacific white-spotted sea cucumber, which is also known as the Hawaiian sea cucumber. I saw this wild looking animal while snorkeling in only a few feet of water with my wife at Anini Beach on the north […]