We’re going to count astronomy as wildlife today, as it’s Honorary Wildlife®. These two swell Cosmos Photos come from reader Tim Anderson in Australia, and I’ve indented his notes. As always, click on the photos to enlarge them. It is the galaxy season in the Southern Hemisphere, which is to say that there are large […]
Category Archives: invertebrates
Readers’ wildlife photos
March 23, 2019 – 7:45 am
I suspect this will be the last installment here for about two weeks, but if you’ve sent in photos, never fear: I have them all here in Chicago. Today’s contribution is from Joe Dickinson, whose notes are indented: Not technically “wildlife”, nevertheless here are some photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The first two are […]
Readers’ wildlife photos
March 14, 2019 – 7:30 am
Reader Carl Sufit has contributed some additional underwater shots; his commentary is indented. A few more from Cayman Brac. I have loads of images to go through from past few trips to Bonaire (going public is a good incentive to actually do so), and can consider sending some after I’ve done so. Many phyla and […]
Readers’ wildlife photos
February 21, 2019 – 7:30 am
We have fishes, underwater invertebrates, and one birdie today. The underwater photographs come from reader Peter Klaver, whose notes are indented (readers with marine expertise might identify the squid and the last fish). Here are some photos and links to video clips of underwater wildlife I saw while on a scuba diving trip off the […]
Readers’ wildlife photos
February 5, 2019 – 7:30 am
Reader Carl Sufit sent us some nice underwater photos, and I hope we’ll have more from him and others in the future. His notes are indented: After reading your notes from Hawaii, with various underwater images, I felt it was time to send you some of mine. Underwater photography is even harder than surface photography, […]
A spotting of the spectacular and rarely seen “dumbo octopus”
October 30, 2018 – 2:00 pm
“Dumbo octopuses” are in the genus Grimpoteuthis (there are 31 species) and, for cephalopods, are pretty damn cute. They’re named after the fins on the mantle that make them look like Walt Disney’s flying elephant Dumbo They propel themselves by flapping these fins, as you’ll see below. The species are cosmopolitan but aren’t often seen […]
The “headless chicken monster”, a bizarre creature just filmed off Antarctica
October 22, 2018 – 12:00 pm
I saw this beast on the NBC Evening News last night, and was blown away. At first I thought it was a nudibranch, a member of a group of free-swimming gastropod molluscs (sometimes called “sea slugs”) whose colors and movements have entranced biologists for years (see here for a video). But the beast on the […]
ZeFrank on bobbit worms
October 9, 2018 – 3:00 pm
I leave in haste, but will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, have a look at the latest “True Facts about Bobbit Worms and Pals”, which shows these amazing and lovely invertebrates. It’s almost like a Whack-A-Worm show. Read about Bobbit Worms here, and be sure to see the anecdote about Barry the Worm. Despite […]
Readers’ wildlife photos
May 28, 2018 – 7:45 am
I have both domestic and foreign wildlife photos from reader Joe Dickinson, but let’s look at some pictures from his recent trip to Australia and New Zealand. His notes are indented. Here is a first installment from my recent trip to Australia and New Zealand. One of the most remarkable wildlife sightings I’ve ever experienced […]
Readers’ wildlife photos
April 7, 2018 – 7:45 am
Today we’ll do a cleanup of those photos I have as singletons or pairs. I have a decent backlog, especially since I’m leaving on Friday for two weeks, but keep sending your photos in. First, Stephen Barnard reports that his two American kestrels (Falco sparverius) seem to have adopted the nest box he built for them, […]
