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A few curious sea creatures complimentary of P. Gasparis Schotti's "Physica Curiosa" (1662). The work features entries on demons, monsters, human abnormalities, and bizarre animals.

Photo via Wikipedia; Biodiversity Heritage Library

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2019-11-01

9 of frit added to the New World genus <Enderleiniella> in a revision, also revealing the 1st insights into the of these

Article: https://t.co/IKaFdSgBBg by of .

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2019-11-01

NFDI4BioDiversity webpage updated! Now providing a summary of the Objectives and Task Areas as well as all Co-applicants and Participants. Looking forward to the evaluation together with and in December.

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2019-10-30

Thanks to , we now have a color copy of Krefft's "Snakes of Australia" (1869) in The is by Harriet Scott Morgan and Helena Scott Forde, who illustrated many works on Australian biodiversity. https://t.co/ztc8DRMS2r

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2019-10-30

Chickadee is a fun name I find for this little bird. In French they are called something more serious: mésange. This illustration is part of a project I recently completed.

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2019-10-24

I have never observed a coyote in all its details and I especially loved looking at the fur pattern. Here is an illustration I completed for an exciting upcoming project.

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2019-10-22

The project has now digitised 2000+ volumes (312,753 pages) of Australia's biodiversity literature, all of which are now on thx to our 25 contributing organisations & funding from . See the full list here: https://t.co/5WrQZHYxOj

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2019-10-21

stunningly illustrated book is unusual. Canadian scientist ESmall says "the world’s biodiversity is being beautified by selective conservation of attractive species-plight of the overwhelming majority of species is receiving limited attention.” https://t.co/Eb1sDv0OG0

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2019-10-18

Gwyfyn in Welsh Papillon de Nuit in french beautiful in any language a good indicator of healthy biodiversity

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2019-09-27

Characters shaped by niche utilisation - such as body size - key to differentiating closely related sympatric species, confirms a description of 2 of tiger from Taiwan.

See: https://t.co/GQnilFe1fZ.

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2019-09-13

work from and karina pelling mapping the pacific by economic zones, overnight voyage distance + language families, marine biodiversity https://t.co/slZUEzvgOR

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2019-09-08


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2019-09-06

It's a today. Let's not forget about the richness of our and the incredible surrounding us.

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2019-09-05

No differences in the size/density of the mantle attachment scars on the of freshwater pearl either within, or between the populations inhabiting the and rivers.

See: https://t.co/83RJzuVF2m.

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2019-09-04

Roses from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton. Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Download this image: https://t.co/qDY7HG2y71

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2019-08-24

This plate from Die Käfer Europas [595.72 Sch] displays numerous that may be familiar visitors or seen out & about among How many do you recognise?

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2019-08-21