by Audrey Benedict | Apr 30, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard #168: There She Blows! Photo Credit: Courtesy of Audrey DeLella Benedict. A mother gray whale and her calf rest and breathe at the surface in Laguna San Ignacio. THERE SHE BLOWS! “All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.” ― A reckoning quote from...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 1, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard #167: A Naturalist’s Bookshelf (Eye of the Whale) A NATURALIST’S BOOKSHELF I subscribe to the stewardship vision best expressed by the great Senegalese environmentalist Baba Dioum—we are moved to conserve what we understand and love. Every so often, in...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 26, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard #166: Ocean Sleepers Photo Credits: All photographs are courtesy of Audrey DeLella Benedict unless otherwise credited. OCEAN SLEEPERS Trying to understand—fathoming—the lives of cetaceans (whales, dophins and porpoises) deepens our connection with the...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 19, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard #165: Eavesdropping on the Brain: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Photo Credits: All photos, except where noted and credited, are courtesy of Audrey DeLella Benedict. Sleeping gray whale in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja del Sur, Mexico. SLEEP PATTERNS IN WHALES,...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 12, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard #164: Eavesdropping on Blue Whales Photo Credit: Courtesy of photographer Mike Johnson and the Australian Antarctic Program. EAVESDROPPING ON BLUE WHALES Blue whales are the largest animals ever to live on our planet. Adult blues may reach 110 feet in length...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 4, 2023 | ePostCards
ePostcard#163: Eavesdropping on the Brain: Marine Mammals Photo Credits: All photographs in this ePostcard series unless otherwise credited are courtesy of Audrey DeLella Benedict. Female Cape fur seals (above) napping together. (Namibia, 2012) EAVESDROPPING ON THE...
