# worldwildlifeday octopus sciart taxonomy naturenotebooks describingnewspecies bhlib damselfly insects rose illustration mushroom mycology dragonfly holidays birds seabirds

Celebrating the wonderful diversity of life we have on our planet and the scientists who help to research, identify, discover, image, draw, describe, monitor and protect species

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2020-03-03

There is a genus of birds named the "Arses", commonly called monarch flycatchers. It seems a scientist was a bit peeved about birds eating their favorite type of butterfly... In reality, it is named after Persian king Arses who ruled from 338 until 336 BC

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2020-01-28

Deep Sea (Genus Muusoctopus). from Carl Chun, The Cephalopoda (trans. 1975). View in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/u2cm4cq1Rg

Thanks again to for helping my research on this

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2019-08-20

The differences of ducks. A page of Scaups from one of Alfred Crawhall Chapman's on a trip to Holy Island, December 1886, to "prove their changes of plumage". It was important to understand plumage to avoid misidentifying & misclassifying species

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2018-01-30

The red panda is the only living species of it's family Ailuridae. It was once thought to be related to bears or racoons.

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2017-04-11

Reference books & scientific papers vital for taxonomic work in museums

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2017-04-11

by natural_history_museum:We're sticking with our recent theme today, to … https://t.co/hAamjOLl1b

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2016-05-10

A belated Valentines for A by any other name...#illustration https://t.co/yUcGzBKWnR

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2016-02-17

symbolizes transformation. Happy New Year! (Aeshna mutata) https://t.co/yUcGzBKWnR

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2015-12-30