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The authors urge the public to be alert: "Naturalists looking for alien-like critters can provide valuable information on the presence and a possible establishment of the species through citizen science."

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Naturalists have been trying for centuries to catalog all of the species on Earth, and the effort remains one of the great unfinished jobs in science.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

In Ridgway’s 1886 book, A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, he and Julia painted entire pages with an individual color, cutting them up into small swatches to be glued into each book.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

Naturalists Cedric Lee and James Bailey posted the critter they found when when they were out collecting slugs at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in nearby Orange County four years ago.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Sedgwick declared his collection “above all praise” and said that Charles would have “a great name among the Naturalists of Europe.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman