"Amphibian Days and Nights" Photo Show at North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

By C.P. “Buster” Nunemaker, III 

Manteo, NC - The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island explores the lives and loves of amphibians in new photo exhibit by Mike Dunn, “Amphibian Days and Nights.” The show runs in conjunction with the aquarium’s celebration of the international “Year of the Frog”—a conservation campaign to save rapidly declining amphibian populations. The show runs December 5th, 2008 through March 27th, 2009 and is included with Aquarium admission.

The temporary exhibit features the photographs of Mike Dunn on display through March 27. Photos include engaging close-ups of elusive frogs, toads and salamanders native to North Carolina. Mike worked as an educator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh for 19 years, and spent eight years with North Carolina State Parks. Photography plays an important role in how he spends his time. His favorite photography spots include the area around his home in Chatham County, Yellowstone National Park and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge near Plymouth, North Carolina. 

Mike’s articles and photographs have been published in Wildlife in North Carolina, Carolina Country and 15-501 magazines. A frequent contributor to the Museum’s Naturalist magazine, he also serves as a judge for the annual NC Wildlife Photography of the Year contest. Mike has offered an annual educator workshop on the amazing lives of amphibians for more than a decade, inspired in part by his experience witnessing the breeding migrations of spotted salamanders near his home. Today, he helps develop amphibian habitats by creating water gardens locally and on school grounds across the state.

NORTH·CAROLINA AQUARIUMS

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
P.O. Box 967, Airport Road, Manteo, NC 27954-0967?(252) 473-3494? Fax: 473-1980

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES · MICHAEL F. EASLEY, GOVERNOR · WILLIAM G. ROSS JR., SECRETARY