naturalist
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About 95% of the archipelago’s landmass is designated as official parkland where overnight stays are banned and where visitors must be accompanied by licensed naturalist guides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The unusual behavior first came to light after amateur naturalist Eviatar Itzkovich noticed huge swirling groups of isopods during summer nights in the Golan Heights.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
González developed her classic yet defiantly modern approach while studying at the University of Seville, where Spanish masters such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán painted in the naturalist Baroque tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
His debut, about a small-town girl trying to make it in Chicago, describes the realities of factory work with raw, naturalist candor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
His voyage had lasted almost five years; he had been the naturalist on the HMS Beagle, a British surveying ship.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Ojai has long been home to Theosophists, avant-gardists, potters and naturalists joining other outsiders and mystics with a whim for wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
These included mammals, reptiles, fish, jellyfish, and shrimp collected by Darwin and other naturalists during early scientific expeditions.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
Scientists and amateur naturalists have observed a remarkable range of species not usually widespread in UK waters, including octopus, bluefin tuna and mauve stinger jellyfish.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Because they are so little regarded, even by naturalists, mussels have vanished at an exceptional rate.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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"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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