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Dara Ojo

@Explorewithdara

Making the tiny impossible to ignore. Nat Geo • BBC • CNN • PBS • Can Geo Edmonton, Alberta 🇨🇦 Preorder My Book 📘 - Tiny Titans ↓ out Nov 10 2026

 Edmonton, Alberta
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Joined April 2020
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I made a book! Six years of photographing tiny creatures has become Tiny Titans, featuring 120+ photographs from four continents. Still can’t believe it! Preorder at your favourite bookstore!
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The beautiful poison dart frog I shot at the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador 🇪🇨
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The beautiful poison dart frog I shot at the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador 🇪🇨
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Join Edmonton-based nature photographer Dara Ojo for the launch of his new book, Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem, at the Stanley A. Milner Library, Edmonton, November 25 naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
book cover for Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem, photography by Dara Ojo, foreword by John Acorn

ALT book cover for Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem, photography by Dara Ojo, foreword by John Acorn

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Two mating green weevils from Costa Rica getting it on. I was lucky enough to capture this moment 😍
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Two mating green weevils from Costa Rica getting it on. I was lucky enough to capture this moment 😍
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Here is a leafhopper taken over by fungus. I took this shot in Costa Rica 😊
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Here is a leafhopper taken over by fungus. I took this shot in Costa Rica 😊
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A beautiful silkworm moth from Ecuador. So beautiful 🤩 #insect
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Absolutely beautiful details on this mantis I shot at more than 5000 ft in Monteverde Cloud Forest Costa Rica 🇨🇷
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I made a book! Six years of photographing tiny creatures has become Tiny Titans, featuring 120+ photographs from four continents. Still can’t believe it! Preorder at your favourite bookstore!
Image from Dara Ojo (@Explorewithdara)
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Absolutely beautiful details on this mantis I shot at more than 5000 ft in Monteverde Cloud Forest Costa Rica 🇨🇷
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A beautiful silkworm moth from Ecuador. So beautiful 🤩 #insect
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This photographer captures insane close-ups of insects 🐞 (📷: @explorewithdara)
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Dara taught himself macro photography, and that has grown into a journey of documenting biodiversity across Nigeria, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador and beyond. His work has travelled globally and has been featured in major international publications. In this exclusive, he shares his journey with us. Read here: bellanaija.com/2026/10/dara-…
"I Never Really Thought of Insects as Beautiful Creatures" – Dara Ojo on Becoming a Macro Photogr...

"I Never Really Thought of Insects as Beautiful Creatures" – Dara Ojo on Becoming a Macro Photogr...

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dara Ojo was stuck at home in China, like everyone else in the world. He had recently picked up photography, and - BellaNaija Features. October 28, 2026

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If you are in Edmonton, please join me!
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🪲Step into a world that is all around us, but rarely seen. 📸Join Edmonton based nature photographer and conservation communicator Dara Ojo for the launch of his new book, Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem. 👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
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If you are in Edmonton, please join me!
Nature Alberta (@NatureAlberta) profile pictureNature Alberta@NatureAlbertaOct 9
🪲Step into a world that is all around us, but rarely seen. 📸Join Edmonton based nature photographer and conservation communicator Dara Ojo for the launch of his new book, Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem. 👉For more information, go to naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
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ภาพมาโครใบหน้าของด้วงลองฮอร์น ด้วง longhorn หรือด้วงหนวดยาว (Cerambycidae) เป็นครอบครัวของด้วงที่มีมากกว่า 35,000 สายพันธุ์ มีลักษณะเด่นคือหนวดที่ยาวกว่าหรือเท่ากับลำตัว ด้วงเหล่านี้พบได้ทั่วโลก ยกเว้นแอนตาร์กติกา ตัวอ่อนของด้วงจะเจริญเติบโตในเนื้อไม้และสามารถทำความเสียหายต่อพืชได้ [📸 Dara Ojo / explorewithdara] Doxzilla.com ดูสารคดี จากทั่วทุกมุมโลก สารคดีใหม่ทุกสัปดาห์ ดูได้ทุกอุปกรณ์ โหลดเลยดูสารคดี ฟรี 7 วัน ✅ App ios apple.co/3iiRA9d ✅ App android bit.ly/3QgldEx @doxzillaworld
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هذه اللقطة بعدسة Dara Ojo التُقط هذا المشهد في الحديقة النباتية بجامعة "ألبرتا" في #كندا حيث يظهر هذا اليعسوب منشغلًا بتنظيف نفسه بعناية في صبيحة يوم صيفي؛ قبل أن يباشر الطيران.. إنه تذكير بطقوس الحياة الصغيرة التي تجري في الطبيعة من حولنا دون أن نلتفت إليها
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📸Nature Alberta contributor and photographer Dara Ojo has spent years exploring the tiny world across five continents—and that journey has now become his first coffee table book: Tiny Titans: The Silent Keepers of Our Ecosystem.👉Preorders are now open! naturealberta.ca/tiny-titans…
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