2014 Biological Photo Contest
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This page showcases the entries to the 2014 Biological Photo Contest. Voting will commence in the week preceding the Grad Symposium with winners announced at the end of the Symposium. To enter, send your full resolution photo and caption to william.ryerson@uconn.edu and it will be put on this page.
Plants
Details of a Leucospermum (Proteaceae) inflorescence at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa. -Nora Mitchell | |
The ferny little thing called love. -Ellen Woods | |
Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) at sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. -Dustin Ray | |
Dubbed the "Angel Oak Tree" by locals, this enormous South Carolina Live Oak is considered to be the oldest tree on the Eastern Seaboard. Within the last month, an environmental group won a law-suit against a company that wanted to develop the land on which this oak has grown for the last several hundred years... -Alyssa Borowske |
Animals
Like the legend of the phoenix All ends with beginnings What keeps the planet spinning The force of love beginning - Nicole Freidenfelds | |
Male and female white-tailed ptarmigan in a field of lupin in Denali National Park, AK -Jimmy Bernot | |
Acronicta lepetita caterpillar says hello (reared from wild caught female in Boerne, TX). -Brigette Zacharczenko | |
Everyone enjoying the beginning of the summer has heard the gray tree frogs Hyla versicolor calling from up in the trees, but few shall catch sight of them blending with the bark and lichen. Because this my friend, is the master of camouflage that has awakened from his long winter sleep. -Johana Goyes-Vallejos | |
Long-horned orb-weaver spider ( Macracantha arcuata Fabricius) found in the Tak province of Thailand. -Suman Neupane | |
First seconds of a baby skate out of the nice and secure egg capsule. -Francisco Concha | |
A Buprestid beetle found under a shrub in Namaqualand - Northern Cape, South Africa. -Tim Moore |
Environment
Kangaroos near the Melbourne airport. -Karolina Fucikova | |
Bahama beach view. -Kaitlin Gallagher | |
Icebergs calved from a nearby glacier in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We knew it was going to be a good day in the field! -Louise Lewis | |
Sunset on the water, Belize. -Jon Velotta | |
An exceptionally calm Southern Ocean still shows glimpses of its strength and the power that carved out these remarkable cliffs. Tasman Island, Tasmania. -Alejandro Rico-Guevara | |
Nature vs. Homo sapiens. The bird nest was removed by the staff of this megastore a week after I took these pictures. -Hamid Razifard | |
Brown-bellied swallows (Notiochelidon murina) feast on the insects swept up with the rising clouds at sunset. El Silencio, Subachoque, Colombia. -Kristiina Hurme |