10 Feb 2010
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I have recently returned from two trips aboard the Paradise Dancer in the Raja Ampat region of Indonesia where I have been in search of the recently described and extremely elusive Satomi’s pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus satomiae). The Paradise Dancer, or Dewi Nusantara as it is also known, is a member ...
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9 Nov 2009
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I recently visited Ogasawara, a small group of Japanese islands about 1000km southeast of Tokyo, to photograph sperm whales.
While I was there with fellow photographers Eric Cheng and Douglas Seifert, and videographer Julia Sumerling, we witnessed a sperm whale eating giant squid.
I posted some photos and a brief video explanation ...
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24 Oct 2009
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After 8 weeks, 143 dives and 52 hours of behavioural observations I am leaving Wakatobi. During this time I have been lucky enough to witness pygmies conducting daily courtship rituals, mating, giving birth and even fighting. I have collected some great data and will have plenty to work on when ...
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16 Oct 2009
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My penultimate week here at Wakatobi Dive Resort has already passed and less than seven days remain. If you have missed my previous blogs I have spent the last seven weeks observing and documenting the social and reproductive behaviour of pygmy seahorses for my PhD studies. There have been highs ...
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8 Oct 2009
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Goliath groupers, which were listed until 2006 as a critically endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), may soon lose their protection from fishing due to recovering population levels and pressure from fisherman. Divers have long enjoyed the company of these, huge, friendly fish, and if taking goliath groupers ...
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