12 Dec 2023
Chickenweed Purslane (Portulaca quadrifida)
Native range of Chickenweed Purslane (Portulaca quadrifida) is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Southwest Pacific Elevation: 127 meters.
1 Feb 2023
Purslane (Portulaca)
A very small plant that is very easy to miss unless you get down on your knees. One of the currently five Portulaca species on Socotra Elevation: 918 meters.……
3 Feb 2015
Peppered Moray (Gymnothorax pictus)
When I had some time on a small beach on the way to Shuab beach of west Socotra I found lots of interesting marine life, but was surprised to see this young…
13 Dec 2014
Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)
The forest around the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with insects (ARCC), and on the base of a tree I found many attracted to sap coming…
12 Dec 2014
Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…
11 Dec 2014
Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
I wish I had more time here at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), as I would then had time to focus on nocturnal life in addition to the…
18 Nov 2013
Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)
Nightjars are naturally hard to see as they're nocturnal, but you definitely hear them and if you use their sound you can often locate them with a flashlight.…
15 Nov 2013
Portulaca cryptopetala
The soil on this part of Pantanal (between Corumbá and Miranda) is in many places fine sand - just like a desert or a beach. Just after a couple of hundred…