natural history

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It’s an era of natural history with striking parallels to our own — climate change, extinction, devastating fires, a wobbling balance between humans and the rest of the natural world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The study highlights the lasting importance of natural history collections.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

"And all of us who went on to have careers in natural history in this city benefited from the genius of this man," Scholey adds.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Attenborough's natural history series, such as "Life on Earth", in which he had a famous encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, have brought the most remote corners of the planet into living rooms worldwide.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

In 1785, he became possibly the only person in history to win a natural history museum in a raffle.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson