Bios Photo 10/2023

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Dumbo octopus (Opisthoteuthis agassizii) swimming at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Glass sponge (Euplectella sp) at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras *** Local Caption *** abyss exploration bathyscaphe

Thorny tinselfish (Grammicolepis brachiusculus) near a starfish of the Brisingidae family at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras *** Local Ca...

Ophiuroids of the genus Asteroschema cling to a gorgonian (Gorgonaceae) at a depth of 700 m off Roatan Island, Honduras. *** Local Caption *** abyss e...

Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) on a branch on Roatan Island where it spends the boreal winter, Honduras

Golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) females on their web on Roatan Island, Honduras

Canivet's emerald (Cynanthus canivetii) male on Utila Island, Honduras

Bay Islands anole (Anolis bicaorum), endemic to this small island in Honduras

Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia) on a twig on Utila Island, Honduras

Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) on a branch on Utila Island, where it spends the boreal winter, Honduras

Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) spending the day under a tent made from a palm leaf, the veins of which it has cleverly incised to fo...

Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) on a branch on Utila Island, Honduras

Honduran Rainbow Whiptail (Cnemidophorus ruatanus), Utila Island, Honduras

Golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) small male and large female on their web on Roatan Island, Honduras

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) on a branch on Utila Island where it spends the boreal winter, Honduras

Monoxyle pirogue (built from a single piece of wood) on a heavenly beach at Hollandes Cayes in the San Blas region of Panama.

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) on the coastal rocks of Pacheca Island, Pacific coast of Panama

Ground Spider (Zelotes sp) moving near a stream in Provence, France

Ophrys Orchid (Ophrys passionis) flowers in its natural environment in Provence, France

A landscape of pack ice (pancake ice) and mountains of sedimentary origin in Billefjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago.

Footprints of the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) on the snow covering the pack ice at the bottom of the Saint John fjord in Spitzbergen, Svalbard archipe...

Small iceberg (or growler) caught in the snow-covered pack ice at the bottom of the Saint John fjord in Spitzbergen, Svalbard archipelago.

Sastrugi or snow patterns formed by the wind in the bay on 14 July, Krossfjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Strange pattern covering a young translucent ice pack (or black nilas). A black circle appears on the fresh snow where a hole in the nilas has allowed...

Dislocated ice floe, Grey Nilas and growler, seen from above in King's Bay in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Snow-covered landscape of King's Bay, Kongsfjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Ice stalactites on the ice shelf along Magdalen Bay in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Footprint of a glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on the fresh snow covering the ice pack at Bellsund in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago.

Cracks in the pack ice breaking up at the bottom of the Bellsund in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Islet of metamorphic rock polished by the ancient movements of a glacier, Dahlbreen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago

Soft-winged flower beetle (Enicopus noir) on a grass in Provence, France

Iris seed Weevil (Mononychus punctumalbum) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) on a shrub in the Camargue, France

Tarantula Wolf Spider (Lycosa tarantula) next to the entrance to its burrow in the Crau, France

Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia) attacking a caterpillar of Spurge Hawk-moth (Hyles euphorbiae) in Crau, France

Camargue gardoise landscape, Scamandre regional nature reserve, France

Giant peacock moth (Saturnia pyri) chrysalis on a tree trunk, Scamandre Regional Nature Reserve in the Gard Camargue, France

Crusty pistachio-grass root aphid (Forda marginata) aphid galls on Terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus) leaves in the Alpilles region of Provence, France

Scrubland landscape in the Alpilles of Provence, France

Saintonge Oprhys (Ophrys santonica) flower surrounded by a Lesser quaking-grass (Briza minor) in Provence, France

Fragrant Orchid (Anacamptis fragrans), Forcalquier, Provence, France

Souche's late spider orchid (Ophrys fuciflora souchei) flower, Forcalquier, Provence, France

Gilled Mushroom at the foot of a Downy Oak (Quercus pubescens) in a garden, Forcalquier, Provence, France

Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra) in the undergrowth of a forest in Provence, Forcalquier, France