Natural History

Natural history is the research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Quotes Tagged “Natural History”

“ He who calls what has vanished back again into being, enjoys a bliss like that of creating. ”
― Barthold Neibuhr

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“ This means that food is always in the here an now; it is everywhere and nowhere. Yet every time people eat the pliant flesh of salmon they are tasting evolution, natural history and deep time. Indeed, salmon's evolutionary, natural and life histories turned what might have otherwise been a common fish into one of the handful of most important sources of marine-derived fats and proteins the world has ever known. ...more ”
― Nicholaas Mink

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