Having just returned from a scuba diving trip, I thought I’d continue to share some images, and in this case, some video. Normally I’d be sharing images of coral reefs and the creatures that live on and amidst the coral, but this time I thought I’d offer some video of...
Nearly every dive resort I've been to has their own 'Nemo City'. It seems that the antics of a small cartoon fish are still very popular. While folks in the know might grumble and mutter about the correct naming of Amphiprions, the everyday diver seems not to care...
I've spent my diving career thinking that the Red Sea-endemic butterflyfish, Chaetodon austriacus, is just about the most attractive of an amazing genus. I finally managed to take shots of a few juvenile specimens. But first let's have a look at the adult. The...
I just got back from a diving and photography trip to the Red Sea, and as usual I'll be sharing some of my images of the amazing reef life I encountered, and tried to photograph as best I can. My first batch is of a selection of tridacnids, which I always like looking...
There are plenty of examples of nature coming up with better inventions than us humans. From the feat of seemingly gravity-defying geckos to powerful chemicals in the venom of cone shells, researchers have discovered new ways to turn nature’s inventions into useful...
There are plenty of Hawkfishes across the Indo Pacific and Tropical Western Atlantic. Fishbase recognizes 33 species in the Family Cirrhitidae, which biologically is not a million miles away from the Scorpaenids, which when you’ve seen a few from both groupings, makes...
In my third post in this short series I have some images from a dive off the coast of Cozumel, a charming little Mexican island of the Yucatan Peninsula, that has some great diving, but is in my opinion in danger of being swamped by the vast number of tourists that...
This is the second in a short series of posts that I hope you'll enjoy which highlights some of the artificial reefs I've visited over the past few years. There are many reasons for the creation of artificial reefs, assuming they were created on purpose of course. We...
Most readers of this post are likely to be creating artificial reefs of their own, that's kind of the point I guess. The thing is though, there are a great number of artificial reefs being created in the wild. Here's one of my favorites. I was lucky enough to visit...
A while ago I posted some images of a species of wonderfully camouflaged Scorpionfish. I thought I'd trawl my images to look for a few other scorpionfish that are somewhat rare and unusual. My first fish is a curious little species (main image) known as Scorpaena...