natural history

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Although fires have long been part of natural history, scientists are voicing concern that recent fires are becoming more frequent, more intense and more widespread.

From BBC

There are probably specimens linked to slavery in “almost every natural history museum in any major European city,” he writes.

From New York Times

The city is in England’s industrial midlands, a wealthy 18th century center of natural history study, scientific experiment and rising factory production 125 miles north of London.

From Los Angeles Times

The first art exhibition of its kind in the museum’s 111-year history, the show is an unprecedented endeavor prompted by extraordinary developments — none of them favorable to the continued study of natural history.

From Washington Post

Before the pandemic, we had visited the Bronx Zoo exactly once — which is one more time than we’d managed to visit the natural history museum.

From New York Times