naturalist

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Floyd might also be staying hydrated with rain puddles, Janet Kessler, a self-taught naturalist who has been documenting coyote behaviour in San Francisco for about 20 years, told the BBC's US media partner CBS.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The noted Roman naturalist and historian was indeed an early expert in fermentation, yet he also wrote about “sal ammoniac” — yes, smelling salts — in his encyclopedic work “Natural History,” published in 79 A.D.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Roughly three centuries ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to catalog and name every living organism he could find.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

It provides significant employment to the town of Dunbar, six miles to the west – birthplace of the naturalist John Muir who's credited with establishing the modern day conservation movement.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Even Alfred Russel Wallace, the naturalist who had also come up with the theory of natural selection, was a spiritualist, now working on a book that would be published soon—Miracles and Modem Spiritualism.

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