by Audrey Benedict | Apr 2, 2020 | ePostCards
E-Postcard #6: Tide pooling anyone? A tide pool walk along the Cape Peninsula is an amazing experience! Patrick Cardwell, our South African guide and a naturalist in the classic tradition, opened our eyes to an extraordinary world. None of my images have been...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 1, 2020 | ePostCards
E-Postcard #5: Spring in Namaqualand (South Africa) Namaqualand is a narrow stretch of semi-arid and arid country along the west coast of South Africa. The region is home to a unique assemblage of plants and its floral biodiversity is without equal among the arid...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 31, 2020 | ePostCards
E-Postcard #4: South Africa is famous the world over for the incredible diversity and beauty of its native flora. Although it represents less than 1 percent of the world’s total land surface, South Africa accounts for 10 percent of all known species of flowering...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 30, 2020 | ePostCards
Greetings! The excellent 2018 documentary, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, is based on the life of Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the Canadian zoologist, feminist and pioneer in the study of animal behavior in the wild. Dagg is credited with being the first to study wild giraffes...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 29, 2020 | ePostCards
Greetings! During my 40-year career as a naturalist guide, I’ve often been teased for my bias towards exploring remote islands in Polar regions, glaciated landscapes almost anywhere, and iceberg-dotted fjords. I’d been fascinated by Africa since childhood, but the...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 28, 2020 | ePostCards
Today’s Caption: African penguins at the Boulders Penguin Colony (South Africa). My “personal” photo memory for the day (admittedly a bit somber) is of a small “procession” of African penguins walking away after visiting the site where a...
