by Audrey Benedict | May 5, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard # 38: Megaherb Discoveries You know how much I enjoy questions! Yesterday’s ePostcard #37, Megaherb Mysteries, prompted lots of questions and encouraged me to dig into the most recent literature to find out what botanists are discovering about these...
by Audrey Benedict | May 4, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #37: Megaherb Mysteries Botanists continue to be puzzled by the prevalence of outsized leaves and flowers—the so-called megaherb flora—of the subantarctic islands. It is not known whether the megaherbs are relics of an ancient, more widespread flora that...
by Audrey Benedict | May 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #36: Crested Penguins (Royals and Snares) Crested penguins, every species, just make you smile—you can’t help yourself! The large and fascinating genus Eudyptes includes both crested and rock hopper penguins. The first two of my photos are of royal (crested)...
by Audrey Benedict | May 2, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #35: Yellow-eyed Penguins The yellow-eyed penguin is a New Zealand endemic and one of the rarest and most endangered species of penguin in the world. The Maori name for the yellow-eyed penguin is “hoiho,” which means “noise-maker.” This makes me...
by Audrey Benedict | May 1, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #34: Fascinating Tubenoses Seabirds live at the mercy of wind and wave, superbly adapted to thrive in one of the most demanding but productive environments on Earth—the ocean. For millions of years, the global ocean has served as “home away from home” for...
