Natural History

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is called a naturalist or natural historian. Natural history encompasses scientific research but is not limited to it. It involves the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms. So while it dates from studies in the ancient Greco-Roman world and the mediaeval Arabic world, through to European Renaissance naturalists working in near isolation, today's natural history is a cross-discipline umbrella of many specialty sciences; …

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Laws.Africa · 3 September 2021 English

NMM/NHM/001/2021. Electrical re-wiring at the Natural History Museum. Compulsory pre-bid site meeting: 23rd



Laws.Africa · 7 December 2020 English

Eastern Cape of South Africa: the value of natural history observations in biological sciences. South


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Behaviour :Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, reference:BM (NH) 1984. 365-372. Participants : 2, sex unsure, visually identified. Background : Insects.


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Ptychadena Mascareniensis.  An exemplar can be seen at the Natural History Museum  BM NH FN1360-1361.  Visually identified according to the Natural History Museum BM (NH) 1984. 348-349.  There is also some background


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Participants : 2 Male. Behaviour : On bushes around forest pools in ravine. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum: BM (NH) 1984 605-607. Background : Bufo camerunensis (probably).;Song. Participants : Behaviour : On bushes around forest pools in ravine. Participants : 2 Male. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum: BM (NH) 1984 605-607. Background : Bufo camerunensis (probably). Recording environment:


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Behaviour: Among rocks in stream.  Specimen stored as item BM (NH) 1984 501-502 in the Natural History Museum in London.  Background: Stream, other frog species, insects.


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Behaviour: Singing two metres up on vegetation. Specimen held in Natural History Museum, London, as item BM(NH) 1980. 574-583.  Background: Insects.;Behaviour: Singing 2 metres up on vegetation. Specimen


BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English

Behaviour: Calls.  Specimen in Natural History Museum, London, as item BM (NH) 1984.248-249. Loud insect chorus in background.


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