A pair of African Jacana tending an egg on a water lily leaf nest. Drosera species

A pair of African Jacana tending an egg on a water lily leaf nest. Drosera speciesA pair of African Jacana tending an egg on a water lily leaf nest. Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

The suburbs of Muscat sprawling into the desert along the Gulf of Oman

Barbwire Vine a robust thorny climber that may reach the forest canopy Parkville

Frozen Snow Gum leaves

Eye and antennae detail of a freshwater crayfish

A rotating Windmill and a full moon in the purple sunset afterglow

A weather station for monitoring climate changes in an arctic village

If it’s a species that is not conducive to co-habitation with humans I use a glass and a sheet of paper to capture and release said critter outdoors

The rugged Lion's Head cliff face rises into the sky over Cape Town

tongue and sharp canine teeth

Virunga National Park

An arctic pond filled with late summer aquatic plants

The mosaic of its shell blends in with the sand and surrounding sea grass