In Search of a Hummingbird
Like the interior of a sealed adobe oven, the early morning air smothers us as we search in vain for the elusive Honduran Emerald hummingbird. Organ pipe cacti, acacia trees, and thorn…
Read MoreLike the interior of a sealed adobe oven, the early morning air smothers us as we search in vain for the elusive Honduran Emerald hummingbird. Organ pipe cacti, acacia trees, and thorn…
Read MoreCulture at the Crossroads” will be the theme of the inaugural program of the Puerto Rico Winter Institute January 10-28, 2005 in San Juan. Each year the Institute, a joint collaboration of…
Read MoreHarvard’s Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames (AMES) contains about 131,000 specimens, in addition to a library of about 5,000 books, reprints, and journals. The herbarium also houses a…
Read MoreTo a Brazilian, nothing sounds more familiar than statements that Brazil has been blessed in terms of nature. Indeed, from our earliest childhood, we learn to identify our country through…
Read MoreDuring a vacation in Brazil, walking along a beach, I saw these remains of fish. In their death, they took on a new life, a transformation that turned them into something else, that made the dead…
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