Sense of Place

Tag: Deep Time

  • From the Time of the Cuckoos

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, Ph.D., July 1, 2026 Before the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) embedded itself in the ancient rites of Hera in Greece or the cuckoo clock folk art of Germanic Europe, the cuckoo arose from the annals of deep time, straddling the devastation of the K-Pg boundary (66 Ma), when planet Earth lost 75%…

  • Before the Box: The 260-Million-Year Story of the Eastern Box Turtle

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    by Nicolette L. Cagle, Ph.D., May 15, 2026 The Eastern Box Turtle is one of the most familiar and beloved turtles of eastern North America, yet its story begins far beyond the forests, fields, and backyards where we encounter it today. To understand this small, domed, gold-mottled turtle, we have to travel through deep time to…