Catadromous Eels of New Zealand
In March of 2004 and March of 2006 I made visits to New Zealand to do research for a book on catadromous eels (a catadromous fish spawns in the ocean but lives its adult life in freshwater rivers and streams, the opposite of the salmon, an anadromous fish). The purpose of the both trips (the second funded by National Geographic) was to learn more about the importance of eels in the culture of the the indigenous New Zealanders, the Maori. More

  

Pohnpei, Micronesia
I see the island of Pohnpei as a rare orchid growing on a highway median between lanes of heavy traffic. More


Yellowstone
A wild trout, tiny, perfect, in a stream made of no more than puddles connected by ribbons of water. More


Monarch Butterflies
Over winter with an estimated 150 million Monarch butterflies in the Oyamel Fir forests of central Mexico. More


Autumn Run of the Eels
Photos are from a visit to Ray Turner's fishing trap, or weir, on the East Branch of the Delaware River, near Hancock, New York..
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Eels of the St. Laurence River
This trip was research for a National Geographic article I'm writing on eels.
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