naturalist

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The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

This is a delicate, confidently imagined fiction made with the eyes of a naturalist, the heart of a believer in family, and a sensibility with room for both the Pythonesque and the Lynchian.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

His family encouraged him to send it to the esteemed naturalist and helped him track down an address.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Roughly three centuries ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to catalog and name every living organism he could find.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

During his entire career as a naturalist, only one animal had ever unexpectedly attacked Cherrie: a tamandua, or lesser anteater.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple