Long Island Collecting Log: Two new range records

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Long Island fish collecting update, largely because I no longer live there. But 2023 is turning out to be a special year for the tropical strays that spend a fleeting month or two in the waters of the northeastern US before they...

Rio Xingu

Rio Xingu – the river of rapids, famous for incredible fish diversity, with over 60 endemic fish species, and more than 550 fish species in total. The Xingu is one of the principal tributaries of the Brazilian Amazon, dewatering the Brazilian Shield...

SCUBA Dive report from Radio Island, NC

My son and I have been spoiled in recent weeks with opportunities to dive on some amazing shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina. We’ve been blessed with near ideal conditions and massive aggregations of sharks, making for some of the most exciting underwater...