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Procreating Polychaete Worms
While I'm on the subject of cool stuff from blackwater diving (juvenile flying gurnard, Pseudamia amblyuroptera), here is a pair of amphinomid polychaete worms (possibly Genus Eurythoe) engaged in...
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Lutjanus bohar Spawning Aggregation
In my ongoing pursuit of fish spawning aggregations, I spent several days with twinspot snappers (Lutjanus bohar) while I was in Palau recently. Here is one of my favourite images, taken in the low,...
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Thailand Travel and Dive Expo 2016
I gave a couple of talks at the Thailand Travel and Dive Expo (TDEX) in Bangkok two weekends ago: one about humpback whales; the second about sperm whales. A big thank you to everyone who attended!...
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Symphorichthys spilurus
This is a blue-lined sea bream (Symphorichthys spilurus), also known as a sailfin snapper. It's a beautiful fish.Symphorichthys spilurus profile (License image)They are reported to frequent...
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Complete Humpback Whale Song 2015
Quick post before heading out again.This audio file is the complete humpback whale song for the 2015 season in Tonga. [audio...
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Snapper Spawning Run
I'm back home for a short stay, trying to catch up with work/ correspondence, going through photos here and there when I can. Here is a photo from my visit to Palau in April. It's a spawning run of...
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Pretty Penguins
It's Wednesday morning in Asia. I've been plugging away at the computer for a few days, but the mountain of work in front of me doesn't seem to have diminished. Probably never will. Sigh.To cheer...
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10th Blog Birthday
Today marks 10 years since I started this blog.Even humpback whales are celebrating! Or is that irritation? (License image)Things have changed a lot in a short time.Back then, Netscape and AOL were...
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Dolphin Days
I recently visited South Africa. It was a short stay, focused (terrible pun intended) on watching dolphins, like these Indo-Pacific common dolphins:Indo-Pacific common dolphins (Delphinus delphis...
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A (Chop)Sticky Situation
This blog post has been 10 months in the making. It all started with this incident last year:Steve murdering chopsticks. OMG.The hand of the perpetrator belongs to Steve, my friend in South Africa who...
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Steve Sucks (His Nauticam)
This is Steve again:Steve in an intimate moment with his housingYes, he is sucking his camera housing."But why?" you might wonder.Believe it or not, this was not just a frustrated young man in heat...
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Leaping Common Dolphins
I'm wrapping up the longest break I've had this year to date, 19 days! I've rested, eaten well, showered even...and now I'm out the door again.I'll leave you with another photo of leaping common...
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A Gathering of Giants
I've just come back from another successful trip with my good friend Jon Cornforth. Together with other friends, we photographed humpback whales engaged in bubble net feeding. More on that later if I...
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Natural History Museum Chiba
The Natural History Museum and Institute (link in Japanese) in Chiba prefecture, Japan has one of my sperm whale photos on display next to this skeleton of a sperm whale:Sperm whale display, Natural...
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Bubble Net Feeding Humpback Whales
I was fortunate to spend much of July in Alaska. It's a beautiful place, one characterised by wide-open vistas and unspoiled panoramas.My purpose in visiting was to seek out humpback whales (Megaptera...
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Illustrated Guide to Wildlife in Alaska
Two of my friends were so enamoured with our visit to Alaska recently that they felt the need to create an illustrated guide to our wildlife encounters, appended below for the world's benefit.That's an...
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Tonga: My 15th Season
I've unpacked, re-packed, and I'm off to the airport again, crossing hemispheres for my 15th season with humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Tonga.Humpback whale female and calf (License...
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Humpback Whales Tonga: Wrap-up
I've only just come home from another great season with humpback whales in Tonga, but it's time for me to head out again. I haven't been able to get much done, but below are a few sample photos. I hope...
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Wildscreen
I am on a plane (again), having just departed London, where I received first prize in the underwater category of the 52nd Wildlife Photographer of the Year award (#WPY52) organized by the Natural...
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Autumn 2016
After getting back from the United Kingdom, I took a short break to visit Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures in Japan, partly to hook up with friends, partly just to get away.I'm heading out again in a...
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