blue dragon: a beautiful bad-ass nudibranch
on a recent beach stroll on the northern new south wales coast, i came across small weird-looking blue-and-white creatures with lots of appendages. having washed ashore, they looked more like […]
animals
photo: spider wasp in action – when the hunter becomes the prey
spider wasps (pompilidae) are – in a nutshell – really badass insects. to provide food for their larvae, these wasps go hunting for spiders that are usually bigger than themselves. […]
australia flashback: short-beaked echidna
this short-beaked echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus) crossed our way near 90-mile beach. it kept going back and forth across the road at the blindest bend in kilometres. while generally afraid of […]
gardens of stone, glow worms and wollemi national park
an amazing saturday out in the blue mountains with amy and glen. apart from stunning landscapes, we saw wild kangaroos (incl. a baby hopping across the road), a superb lyrebird […]
the biggest harvestman ever
last night, i deported the biggest harvestman (daddy longlegs, order opiliones) i’ve ever seen from our restroom, and helped it get back to nature. the biologist in me couldn’t but […]
bat photos: rhinolophus hipposideros, eptesicus nilsonii, eptesicus serotinus, nyctalus noctula and vespertilio murinus
since bat photos of certain species are rather rare – even here on the internet – i’ve collected some of my best shots and finally processed them all properly. here’s […]