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
The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
I met Molly Hansen, the community’s unofficial historian and naturalist, in her low-ceilinged office near the village center.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
"It's a very endangered species around the world," says Miskelly, who served for six years as a trustee for the zoo - famously founded by naturalist Gerald Durrell.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
He was an amateur naturalist, fond of birds and animals but not of humanity in general.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
