by Audrey Benedict | Apr 17, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #21: Protea Splendor On the southwestern tip of the African continent, South Africa’s famous Cape Floral Kingdom (or fynbos) is a center of diversity for one of the most spectacular flowering plant families in the world—the Proteaceae. The two main centers...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 16, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #20: Rock Hyrax (South Africa) If you haven’t heard of hyraxes, which are called “ dassies” in South Africa, you are not alone. Hyraxes inhabit rocky terrain across sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. At first glance, the rock hyrax appears rodent-like...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 15, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #19: Meerkats (South Africa) My fascination with meerkats goes back nearly fifty years. Spotting my first meerkat standing “sentinel” atop a termite mound in a sea of African daisies brought me to a standstill, binoculars raised. These fascinating...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 14, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #18: A Moment in Time (Etosha National Park, Namibia) Settling in at the edge of Etosha’s salt-pan for a day observing the comings and goings of a diverse array of handsome bovids is a supreme luxury! The range of variability in size, fur color and...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 13, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #17: Bovidae Diversity (Namibia) African biodiversity has been a recurring theme throughout this series of ePostcards. With this postcard, I offer a fresh photographic canvas for exploring biodiversity within a single family—the Bovidae (antelopes and...
