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FOSSILS, GLACIERS AND GRIZZLIES: MOUNT ROBSON 

Mount RobsonIf mountains could preen, Mount Robson would be standing in front of a mirror right now, admiring its reflection in Berg Lake and saying, “Yes, I am the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies, thank you for noticing.” Rising to 3,954 metres, this snow-crowned monarch of the Rockies reigns over Mount Robson Provincial Park—a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the

THE GREAT FINGER FIASCO: HERMANN AND CUVIER 

Johann Hermann's Pterodactylus, 1800In the grand annals of science, few discoveries have flapped into history with quite as much confusion as the poor Pterodactylus. It began, as many great scientific mix-ups do, with an enthusiastic man, a misplaced fossil, and a few patriotic misunderstandings.Back in March of 1800, Johann Hermann — a German-slash-French scientist (depending on