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Today's lunchtime read: The Mystery of the Missing

Find out how a letter in 's archives led on a search for this mythical beast...

https://t.co/eCZITYGeln

(Also...#HailHydra?)

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2022-01-14

A blue honey creeper on a thistle, copulating snails below, n.d., by (German, 1647–1717), who died (Jan 13). Held by , https://t.co/Q0vtScQt3O

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2022-01-13

The two figures of a Woodchat featured in Yarrell’s (1845) History of British Birds. Ornithologists have been, are and will continue to be funny souls! What other examples historical are there!? I can name a few…

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2022-01-13

John Gould worked alongside his rather talented wife, Elizabeth Gould, who illustrated many of his works. The colour of these images is so vibrant!

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2022-01-11

Natural history illustration and the park: Fauna ibérica; mamíferos, by Angel Cabrera, 1914, BHL/Smithsonian, https://t.co/laXdQY7gZI

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2022-01-07

Illustration of Masdevallia abbreviata, 1896, by (English, 1854-1936), who died (Jan 3). From the book from The Genus Masdevallia; source, https://t.co/3BBrj5WWTi

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2022-01-03

Kokiʻo ʻula, by (Scottish-born, 1842-1900), who died (Dec 29). Published in Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands. 1885. via , https://t.co/PrhCUQQQrS

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2021-12-29

Day 261. A baby Emperor Penguin wearing a Santa hat, just because.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe festive season!

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2021-12-25

Red Turtle Dove / Streptopelia tranquebarica, 1801, by Lady (British, 1763-1807), who died (Dec 21). Held by Blacker Wood Library, ; source, https://t.co/sPIrVkniEK

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2021-12-21

Opium poppy / Papaver somniferum, c. 1853, coloured zincograph after (British, d. 1856), who died (Dec 18). Held by , https://t.co/X3YsOIWgTB

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2021-12-18

Natural history illustration and the park: Delectus florae et faunae Brasiliensis : jussu et auspiciis Francisci I, Austriae imperatoris investigatae, by JC Mikan et al......1820-25, BHL/Missouri Bot Garden.....https://t.co/hB7CNhp5tQ

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2021-12-18

Roses, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Lily of the Valley, Tulip & Dielytra, 1867, by (American 1806-89), who died From Floral Belles from the Green-house & Garden; via , https://t.co/0540CiVlxo

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2021-12-14

Tomorrow, Dec 14, at ! A free mini-symposium, but registration is required -

In Her Garden: & Patrons in the Natural Sciences, 1650–1800 https://t.co/hslWwlwDGa

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2021-12-14

Brassica nigra / Black Mustard, n.d., attr to (Dutch, c. 1660-1730), who was buried (Dec 5). Held by , https://t.co/d5sn6gNZM7

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2021-12-05

Dahlia “King of the Autumn,” by (English, 1873-1961), who was born (Nov 27). Plate 222 of Addisonia, Vol 6 (1921). NYBG , via Biodiversity Heritage Library, https://t.co/QBFiEY4aQ5

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2021-11-27

Resources and the park: Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences, with the Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier, by Georges Cuvier et al, 3 vols, 1835-1840.........

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2021-11-27