naturalist

Late in life, Darwin became infatuated with earthworms, a fitting preoccupation for an aging naturalist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like any naturalist, Ms. Korsgaard discovers a compensating principle—namely, that when you go looking for one wonder, you tend to find others you weren’t expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

This is supported by Northumberland-based naturalist, Richard Cansdale, who said the species had been successfully reintroduced elsewhere in Europe including in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

The belemnite, it turned out, had been discovered four years earlier by an amateur naturalist named Chaning Pearce, and the discovery had been fully reported at a meeting of the Geological Society.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Bill Oddie, who has died at the age of 85, was one of Britain's best known comedians and naturalists.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

There were thirty-five team members, and most of them were Kenyans, including wildlife naturalists, scientists, doctors, and laborers.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston