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
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
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
It was a chance to be a true explorer—mapping an unknown river and discovering new wildlife species in a land never before seen by any naturalist, or any non-native person for that matter.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing naturalist
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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On the Origin of Species
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