There’s something magical about butterflies that has captivated me since childhood. Their delicate movements have always seemed like small miracles unfolding before my eyes. Among all butterflies, the Monarch holds a special place in my heart—and recently, I had the privilege of witnessing one of nature’s most extraordinary spectacles at their winter sanctuary in Mexico. […]

My fascination with horseshoe crab tagging began unexpectedly on the shores of Sandy Hook. There, amid the lapping waves, I encountered one of Earth’s living fossils—a prehistoric creature bearing a small tag on its shell. Intrigued, I photographed both the ancient arthropod and its modern identification marker before reporting my find to the U.S. Fish […]