Max Waugh

Huntsman spider guarding egg sac, Borneo

Huntsman spider guarding egg sac, Borneo

I just know that many of you saw yesterday's yearbook preview and thought, "I wish I could see that spider up close!"

Here's a better view of the mama Huntsman guarding her egg sac, as well as another female Huntsman doing the same. Do you see the newly-hatched baby just below Mom #2?

Thanks, Neyvin. Definitely made for a fun cover subject (and made me glad I didn't have to use bear cubs again).

PHOTO/25: A magazine recapping a fun year in wildlife photography by Max Waugh.

PHOTO/25: My annual yearbook magazine is now available, recapping a year of adventures in print ($20) and digital ($7). It's also the only way to get a sneak peek at my "Best of 2025" picks!

www.magcloud.com/browse/issue...

Bull bison billowing steam on a winter day in Yellowstone.

Someone just ordered some greeting cards this morning. It's another example of how my photos can be used to create any number of gifts in my Pixels storefront. Ornaments, tote bags, apparel... uh, shower curtains. You name it.

Check out the Pixels store and get creative: pixels.com/profiles/max...

At least I got that part right in my keywords. :)

Shield bug, Borneo

Check out this amazing shield bug spotted by my client April during October's Borneo tour. I've never seen this type of pattern on an insect before (I believe it's an immature individual).

Alaska Peninsula brown bear cubs, Lake Clark National Park

Soon it'll be time to start sharing my Year in Review content, including my "Not Quite Best" and my favorite images and moments of the year. I wonder where these cubs will show up on the list?

Stay 4, Pay 3 at Silver Willows Cabins

Bull moose, Yellowstone

Long-tailed weasel in its winter coat, Yellowstone

Red fox, Yellowstone

Stay 4, Pay 3 for winter visits to our Yellowstone cabins:

As part of the annual holiday sale, we're offering a free night (min. 4 night stay) at either of our cabins in Silver Gate. This is good for winter '25-26 stays booked by Dec. 31.

1 mile from the park: silverwillowscabins.com

Mountain goat kids, Beartooth Wilderness

Orange-backed Troupial, Brazil

African elephant, Zambia

Blue-throated Piping Guan, Brazil

I posted about my 2026 wall calendar collection yesterday. Here are a few of the pages from said calendars... remember, there are nine different themes this year!

Nature and Wildlife wall calendars by Max Waugh

Just a reminder that as part of my Holiday Sale, I'm still selling nine different nature and wildlife calendars. This includes five brand new themes, and four "Classic" themes.

You can preview and order them all on my site: bit.ly/3U81mdE

MaxWaugh.com holiday sale

Holiday Sale!

It's time for my annual holiday sale, with my largest savings of the year on prints, some photo tour discounts... plus calendars, gift items, used gear and more. We're also offering discounts on winter stays at our Yellowstone cabins.

It's all here: bit.ly/MaxWaughHoli...

Red-shouldered Macaw, Brazil

A Red-shouldered Macaw heads out to explore the Brazilian Pantanal.

Harlequin Duck, Yellowstone

Flying Steamer Duck, Chile

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Brazil

Wood Duck, Canada

Today my team plays those nasty Oregon Ducks, so I need a bit of a preemptive palate cleanser. Here are some *good* ducks photographed around the world.

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That's sweet, Sarah. Hope it's a relaxing weekend for you!

Cheers, Omar.

Wild black leopard, Kenya

Black wolf, Yellowstone

Black ("Silver") morph red fox kit, Washington

Black Friday, you say...

Great Argus, Borneo

Here's the closest thing we saw to a turkey in Borneo. It's my best view of the Great Argus to date. I've yet to see a display, but that tail is impressive nonetheless!

White-crowned Hornbill, Borneo

Actually...

I was digging the backlit leaves!

Malayan Colugo, Borneo

We had some solid colugo (a.k.a., "flying lemur"... it's not actually a lemur) sightings in Borneo, including a few that were alert and curious during daytime hours.

Borneo is the land of odd flying critters: we saw colugos, flying squirrels, flying frogs, flying lizards, and even a flying snake.

I suppose if you dove the three feet off the boardwalk into the mountain of bat poop that would be pretty traumatizing.

Sunda leopard cat, Borneo

Most folks seemed averse to yesterday's cave monsters. Here's something slightly cuter, the tiny Sunda leopard cat.

To be fair, it was a large airy cavern with lots of windows... Any better?

Long-legged centipede on the wall of a cave in Malaysia.

A white, naked baby bat has fallen from the ceiling and landed on the giant mountain of guano in Borneo's Gonmatong Cave. It is doomed.

Hundreds of cockroaches crawl over a pile of sticks inside the Gonmatong Caves in Borneo.

Back to Borneo: The Gonmatong Cave visit was one of the main highlights for me on this trip. It was my first time there (closed during my last visit), and the amount of cool stuff inside was just wild.

Here we have: long-legged centipede, a baby bat fallen from the ceiling, and oodles of roaches.

Coyote, Bald Eagle, and Common Ravens gathering at a carcass on a winter day in Yellowstone.

Random pull from the archives: A gathering at a carcass in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley back in January, 2013. Coyote, Bald Eagle, and Common Ravens are seen here. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a magpie around as well.

African wild dog, Kenya

My, what big ears you have...

Harlequin tree frog, Borneo

I'm glad you all enjoyed yesterday's monster find. Here's another close-up subject from Borneo, which is somewhat more benign (in terms of size): a harlequin tree frog. This is the most common frog we typically see during my night walks in Danum Valley.

(Photographed in situ, no manipulation.)

Malaysian giant katydid, Borneo

Meet the Malaysian giant katydid, the world's largest katydid species. Borneo does elephants small, and insects huge... things are completely backward there.

(This, by the way, is a male. Apparently the female is even bigger.)

SOUND ON.

Instead of a photo, here's a short video from Borneo. Normally I don't condone handling of wildlife, but something was obviously stuck beneath our truck. You might say we were a bit surprised about what our guide pulled out...

Smooth-coated Otter, Malaysian Borneo

The biggest surprise of my Borneo trip was seeing otters. Though I was aware of the presence of otter species in southeast Asia, we'd never come close to seeing them before. The smooth-coated otter was my third new otter species this year!

View the full Borneo 2025 gallery here: bit.ly/4pn0f7x