Matthew L. Miller

Pronghorn track in Boise foothills.

Path of the pronghorn.

Sandbar shark released while catching them for a research project on Nee Jersey.

Shark releases.

Timber rattlesnake.

Timber rattlesnake.

Osborne Nature Center, Iowa.

Sandbar shark caught during a research project by Monmouth University that tags & tracks sharks in New Jersey.

Sandbar shark at sunset.

Caught during a research project by Monmouth University that tags & tracks sharks in New Jersey.

Sandbar shark caught at night.

Catching & tagging sandbar sharks with Monmouth University researchers.

Whelk egg casing found on Long Beach Island , New Jersey z

Whelk egg casing.

Spiny butterfly ray.

Spiny butterfly ray, caught while tagging sharks in New Jersey with researchers from Monmouth University.

Spot croaker caught on a New Jersey fishing pier.

Spot croaker.

Barnegat Municipal Pier, New Jersey.

Fallfish.

Fallfish.

Smallmouth bass.

Smallmouth bass. Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania.

Yellowstone cutthroat trout.

Fishing for science in Yellowstone National Park.

The Yellowstone Volunteer Fly Fishing program enlists anglers to catch fish for biologists to tag and take genetic samples.

Caught this beautiful native Yellowstone cutthroat today while participating in the program. #flyfishing

Aquamarine geothermal pools at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Yellowstone National Park.

Peacock at Idaho Falls Zoo.

Peacock at Idaho Falls Zoo.

I love seeing kangaroo rats & have driven back roads at night specifically to do so. The giant kangaroo rat would be one of my “ most wanted.”

That is really cool. I have been there & stayed at the field station. I didn’t realize there were spotted skunks around.

Vampire bats' mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America

This is really cool! A rabies vaccine, applied as a gel to fur, spreads quickly among bats as they lick and groom each other. That prevents rabies outbreaks in other animals. www.science.org/content/arti...

8 Cool US Mammals You Haven’t Seen Search for these cool but cryptic mammals across the United States.

Everyone wants to see a grizzly or a wolf, but they're (relatively) easy. How about a least weasel or a spotted skunk or a white-sided jackrabbit? #mammalwatching

A review of The Dawn Patrol Diaries by James Card.

My review of The Dawn Patrol Diaries by James Card, in this month’s Fly Fisherman magazine.

Great book about fly fishing in Korea, an unexpected destination for lovers of small streams & native fishes. Well worth checking out, as is the magazine.

Netting able crab that has taken the bait.

Blue crab.

Ghost crab, caught on the beach.

A blue crab catch.

Catch-and-release crabbing.

Blue crab caught in Virginia.

Blue crab, caught using a chicken neck on a string.

Thanks Noah. I wish I still was there…was there last week, meeting up with family. I have been pushing my limits with fishing time so couldn’t spare any snakehead side trips.

White ibis forage in a wetland.

White ibis. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia.

A mountain goat stands on a rocky cliff at Glacier National Park, Montana.

Mountain goat at Glacier National Park.

Cover of the 2025 IGFA World Record Game Fishes.

I don’t fish for records or trophies but this is still an interesting publication.

There are good features on angling & conservation and lots of cool fishes. There’s a whole fishing subculture around pursuing records for unusual species. #flyfishing

California Quail: Encounters with a Suburban Gamebird Many bird species are declining, but the California quail is thriving in farm fields and suburbia of the western United States.

A look at one of my favorite Western US birds, the California quail. One is chipping in my backyard as I type this.

Black sea bass.

Museums on Chincoteague Island (Virginia) show historical photos of large black sea bass lined up by anglers.

Today, this species is still abundant in the Chincoteague harbor but you mainly catch small ones like this.

Our studies & monitoring show the European eel to be in a slow decline in North Norfolk, with good habitat very sparsely populated. We are doing our best to highlight their plight & to help them. But it is hard work. How are eels doing elsewhere? Any positive signs?

Sea turtle shell & bones on the beach.

Remains of a sea turtle.

Assateague Island National Seashore, Virginia.