If you, like me, like moss, you’ll be pleased to learn that you can indulge your bryophilic inclinations to your heart’s content through the most recent episode – number 180 – of the In Defense of Plants podcast.
Just this week, a new “totally serious herpetological podcast” was launched by Mark D. Scherz, Gabriel Ugueto, and Ethan “New York Times Best-selling Illustrator” Kocak (who also designed their superb logo, shown here), named – appropriately, SquaMates.
Episode 40 of the Cornell University Press 1869 podcast features a very insight-filled discussion with Jerry Jenkins, director of the Northern Forest Atlas Project, about his recently published “Woody Plants of the Northern Forest; A Photographic Guide” and its more field-worthy complement “Woody Plants of the Northern Forest: Quick Guide.”
Whenever I take a flight from the Pacific Northwest to Europe, a noteworthy highlight of the trip is always passing over the coast of Greenland when conditions allow it to be seen. Often obscured from view by clouds, it being visible is usually announced by the aircraft’s pilot, and even those sleeping willingly awaken for a glimpse of this remote and near-mythical island.