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The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) is the largest chiropter in the New World. This drawing is from the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain (1787-1803), one of the most ambitious scientific expeditions in

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2020-10-05

Orthoptera metamorphosis, illuminated intaglio by Johannes Augustin Rösel von Rosenhof (1705-1759). He was an important figure in modern entomology. collection

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2020-09-10

in 1707 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, was born. This French naturalist tried to summarize all human knowledge about the natural world in his work Histoire Naturelle published between 1749-1788, which made him one of the most widely read authors of his time

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2020-09-07

Let's now listen to Julian Carter from , with No Môr Plastic: Utilising the Permanent Natural History Displays at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales to Support Youth Led Climate Activism

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2020-06-12

Had way too much fun drawing this weekend! Now available as pins & other merch @ https://t.co/RrUGWQe9sA - I'm open to other species suggestions as well as general commissions

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2020-06-09

Happy We want clean oceans and full of life. Enjoy these scenes from the painting (1799)

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2020-06-08

Tulipa javana Rumph "Juan de Cuéllar's expedition to the Philippines" (1786-1794); botanical determination: Crinum amabile.

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2020-06-01

The first written and graphic documentation on the discovery of a fragment of dinosaur bone was in 1677. A naturalist of the XVIII called it Scrotum humanum, thinking it was petrified testicles. This fossil, now lost, is probably a Megalosaurus femur.

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2020-05-02

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is similar to a rainbow when flying. The English term "bee-eater" was first recorded in 1668, referring to the European species. collection

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2020-04-02

🌈 There are plenty of rainbows to be seen in our collection... Like these Frog-Legged Beetles (Chrysomelidae, Sagra spp.)

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2020-03-27

Check out today's featuring one of my favorite words! Also, this is the first scanned using my new-to-me Epson scanner--isn't it pretty?

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2020-01-15

The fresco The Creation of Adam (1511), painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by the great genius of human anatomy Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), represents one of the most emblematic and best‐known scenes in the world. https://t.co/J3hdGHI10h

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2019-07-16

Homo neanderthalensis divided the work by sexes, they knew the medicinal use of certain plants, their diet included mushrooms, pine nuts and moss, and they would have practiced cannibalism.

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2019-04-12

Marine biodiversity plays a vital role in maintaining the functionality and productivity of ecosystems. It makes habitats more resilient to environmental change. We want to celebrate this day with some scenes from the (1799)

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2019-03-03

The iconographic collection gathered by the Dutch naturalist Johannes van Berkhey, was acquired in 1785 by the The collection intended to be a compilation of the natural world known until then, consisted of more than 9,000 plates

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2019-03-01

👁️Mystic fungi - found at 's nathist content collections, provided by Natural History Museum Denmark ...discover more of those nice November objects with

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2018-11-28