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Channelling Mother Nature

Channelling Mother Nature

On September 1, 1854, American scientific illustrator, conservationist, and educator Anna Botsford Comstock was born. She mastered wood engraving to illustrate articles on insects written by her husband, John Henry Comstock, an entomologist who taught at Cornell. She illustrated many books, some of which…

Nunavut Day!

Nunavut Day!

July 9 celebrates the passing of two Nunavut acts in Canadian Parliament – the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act, 1993.       Nunavut officially split from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999. Nunavut…