October 2011 Archives
Joris Kijkt: Maarten Loonen
This is the second installment of ‘Joris Kijkt‘ in Universiteitskrant Groningen, featuring biologist Maarten Loonen. Maarten studies barnacle geese and spends several months a year on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen for his field work. Since a quick round-trip to the Arctic didn’t quite, erhm… fit the budget, I photographed him while practicing another passion [...]
JEB Cover
This is the cover of the October issue of the Journal for Evolutionary Biology, featuring my photo of a smooth newt. It accompanies an article about crest evolution in newts. This goes to show how valuable a tool photography can be to you if you’re a scientist. Not merely as a means of collecting data, [...]
Garden Spider
Autumn has arrived. Large garden spiders (Araneus diadematus) are a common sight throughout the northern hemisphere this time of year, trapping insects like wasps and butterflies in their webs. After mating, a female grows large with eggs inside. She will lay the eggs in a protective sac and guard over them until her death later [...]
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