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A deep-sea gorgonian growing on the nose of the sunken RMS 'Titanic'. Photographed with my participation during the dive 1/240 of the deep-sea manned submersible 'Mir-2' during the 42nd cruise of the research vessel 'Akademik Mstislav Keldysh'. The depth is 3850 m. The photo was previously used in my article (Vinogradov G.M. 2000. Growth rate of the colony of a deep-water gorgonarian Chrysogorgia agassizi: in situ observations // Ophelia, 53 (2): 101−103, fig. 2), the gorgonian was identified by the second, collected, specimen as Ch. agassizi. Later T.N. Molodtsova (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS) reidentifited it as Ch. campanula (Molodtsova T.N., Sanamyan N.P., Keller N.B. 2008. Anthozoa from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone // Marine Biology Research, 4 (1): 112−130, p. 122). Mentioned articles can be found on Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233062908_Growth_rate_of_the_colony_of_a_deep-water_Gorgonarian_Chrysogorgia_agassizi_In_situ_observations; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249019633_Anthozoa_from_the_northern_Mid-Atlantic_Ridge_and_Charlie-Gibbs_Fracture_Zone).

Глубоководная горгонария, вырасшая на релинге носа затонувшего «Титаника». Сфотографирована при моём участии во время погружения глубоководного аппарата «Мир-2» № 1/240 в 42 рейсе научно-исследовательского судна «Академик Мстислав Келдыш». Глубина 3850 м. Фотография ранее была использована в моей статье (Vinogradov G.M. 2000. Growth rate of the colony of a deep-water gorgonarian Chrysogorgia agassizi: in situ observations // Ophelia, 53(2): 101−103, fig. 2), горгонария была определена по второму, собранному, экземпляру как Ch. agassizi. Позже Т.Н. Молодцова (Институт океанологии РАН) переопределила её как Ch. сampanula (Molodtsova T.N., Sanamyan N.P., Keller N.B. 2008. Anthozoa from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone // Marine Biology Research, 4(1): 112−130, p. 122). Упомянутые статьи можно найти на Research Gate (см. ссылки выше, в английском тексте).

Dicephalic neonate found in a residential yard. GTS 861. VW ABC 015. Note several spinal kinks. Specimen survived several months, fed sporadically, died and was preserved.

See: Wallach, Van, and Gerard T. Salmon (2013) Axial Bifurcation and Duplication in Snakes. Part V. A Review of Nerodia sipedon Cases with a New Record from New York State, 102-106. In Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(8).

Many babies schooling around presumed parent in shaded, shallow (1/2 to 1 ft deep) backwater swamp. Based on a quick dot-count, I estimate that there were as many as 2000-3000 baby bowfins in the school.

REAL CRUMMY image...but again, solely for documentation. This was one of two banded individuals initially discovered in Texas. When the band numbers were researched, one bird was determined to be an escapee from a Kansas zoo and the other was a wild bird hatched and banded in the Yucatan. After drifting back and forth between Texas and Louisiana for a few years, the wild bird spent some time by itself in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Seen here with Michael J. Musumeche.
This represents the first accepted Louisiana state record.

Azorella on Boot Hill, just off the overland track during fieldwork for the Australian Antarctic Science Project "Nowhere to hide? Conservation options for a sub-Antarctic keystone species".

http://melodiemcgeoch.com/nowhere-to-hide-in-the-sub-antarctic/

Five green and yellow tortoise-shell-like structures found on a fallen leaf (probably hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre) on a forest track. Nine days later numerous tiny yellow egg-shaped objects appeared scattered over the surface. Eggs?