by Audrey Benedict | Aug 28, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #156: Raven-Walking Photo Credits: Haida artist Bill Reid’s cedar sculpture, The Raven and the First Men, shows Raven releasing humans from a cockle shell. The image is courtesy of photographer Kimon Berlin (CC BY-SA 2.0...
by Audrey Benedict | Jul 31, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #155: A Voyage to Haida Gwaii Note of Acknowledgment: Cloud Ridge’s May 2022 voyage to Haida Gwaii—the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Haida people—enriched our understanding of the uniqueness of Haida Gwaii and the Haida culture....
by Audrey Benedict | May 1, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #154: A Naturalist’s Bookshelf Illustration Credit: Courtesy of the Human Origins Program, and adapted from the United States Geological Survey and Visible Earth, NASA. This wonderful ammonite-like representation shows the geological time scale, with the...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 17, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #153: Extinction Matters Illustration Credit: Woolly Mammoth painting courtesy of artist Mauricio Anton and Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13911. UNDERSTANDING EXTINCTION Ask any child to name an extinct animal, and most will tell you the name of their...
by Audrey Benedict | Mar 6, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #152: Humans and Megafauna Photo Credit: Courtesy of José Iriarte. ROCK ART EVIDENCE Dateline: December 3, 2020. A major discovery at the archeological site of Cerro Azul in the Serranía La Lindosa, Colombia, provides proof that the Amazon rainforest’s...
by Audrey Benedict | Feb 26, 2022 | ePostCards
ePostcard #151: The Armadillo Bestiary Photo Credit (above): Courtesy of Fernando Trujillo for IUCN. The Giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is one of the largest species of armadillos, and ranges in length from 2 to 3 feet. It is easily recognizable due to its...
