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Webs from “American Spiders and their Spinning Work: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States with Special Regard to their Industry and Habits” by Henry C. McCook. Published by the author in 1889 in Philadelphia.

#naturalhistory #spiderwebs
November 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
romanceofbooks.bsky.social
Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster) from John Edwards Holbrook’s “North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States” published in Philadelphia by J. Dobson, 1842.

UW-Madison Special Collections.

#naturalhistory #snakes
November 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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📚💙 ‘Before New York - the natural geography of the city’ by Eric W. Sanderson: an atlas and gazetteer 💕📚💕 #booksky #newyork #naturalhistory #ecology #history #botany #geography #bookannouncement #bookrecs #booklovers #books #tbr #authorspeak
nybg.bsky.social New York Botanical Garden @nybg.bsky.social · 1d
This Saturday, November 7, from 12 to 1 p.m., join @ewsanderson.bsky.social at NYBG Shop for a signing of his new book, BEFORE NEW YORK: The Natural Geography of the City: An Atlas and Gazetteer.

Learn more about his latest work, 25 years in the making: www.nybg.org/event/before...
A book cover depicting an aerial view of the landmass of what is now New York City, covered in green trees and separated by deep blue waters. On it, the words: Before New York: The Natural Geography of the City: An Atlas and Gazetteer. Eric W. Sanderson.
November 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
abyssangler.bsky.social
I felt no satisfaction from drawing the comic page the last few days so I drew a deep-sea viperfish instead, and now I'm happy 😅 #SciArt #NatureArt #art #illustration #naturalhistory
A pencil drawing of a deep-sea viperfish.
November 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Iridescent seaweed from ‘Voyage autour du monde: exécutée par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825’ by Louis-Isidore Duperrey.

University of Chicago Special Collections.

#naturalhistory#seaweed #sciart
November 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Evening ledger, Nov 3: the feeds ran loud with election returns, but the records held. A phrase returned to Quiller-Couch, a hawk named by its talons, three nudibranchs in watercolor, and a telescope leaving its data behind. The Database never forgets. #HistSci #BookSky #NaturalHistory
November 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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I wanted to post up my latest WIP as work has taken more of my time over the last few days. It's looking nice I think 😊🦀

#SciArt #NatureArt #naturalhistory #illustration #wip
An unfinished pencil drawing of a crab on the sea bed surrounded by seaweed.
October 31, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Fig. 267 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1837): Gasteracantha hasseltii, today Macracantha hasselti (Araneidae). Locality as printed: "Java".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/1235708
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Gasteracantha hasseltii. Figure 267 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 4 (1837), plate 117.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
ecologistsnotebook.bsky.social
November brings eagles to salmon rivers and wintering ducks to West Coast estuaries. The landscape may be quieter, but there’s plenty to see. 🦅

Photo: Margaret Strickland

#Birdwatching #WestCoastBirds #BCEcology #NaturalHistory #WinterBirding
November 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Fig. 1201 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1846): Phidippus electus, today Phidippus audax (Salticidae). Female. Locality as printed: "Pennsylvanien".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/53809
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Phidippus electus, female. Figure 1201 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 13 (1846), plate 456.
November 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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#molluscmonday !
Spider conchs are Strombs (conchs) which bear long fingers around their apertures. Here are three rare species (names in the alt text).
#mollusk #invertebrate #seashell #gastropod #collection #marinelife #naturalhistory
Four spider conchs are shown in a glass display case. Top left (Lambis pilsbryi - Marquesas), Bottom left (Lambis robusta - Tuamotu), two right (Ophioglossolambis violacea - St. Brandons Isl., Mauritius)
November 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Evening ledger: one new entry in the Database — the Natural History Museum of Utah, embarking on digitizing the Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur collections, Allosaurus fragilis included. Records kept properly are records that last. The Database never forgets. #NaturalHistory
November 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Fig. 804 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1843): Obisium gracile, today Neobisium carcinoides (Neobisiidae). Female. Locality as printed: "Die Oberpfalz in Baiern".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/490815
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#pseudoscorpions #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Obisium gracile, female. Figure 804 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 10 (1843), plate 346.
November 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Fig. 66 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden (1833): Theridion thoracicum, today Enoplognatha thoracica (Theridiidae). Female. Locality as printed: "Hiesige Nürnberger Gegend".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/219196
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Theridion thoracicum, female. Figure 66 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden, volume 1 (1833), plate 21.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ecologistsnotebook.bsky.social
A field guide can tell you what an organism (be it #plant, #fungi, #bird, #insect or otherwise) is. It can't tell you what it means to watch the same organism return, year after year, to a place you keep returning to yourself. :-)

#naturalhistory #ecology #ecologist’snotebook
November 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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IT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions
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November 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
ecologistsnotebook.bsky.social
💀☠️💀One last mystery. Can you name this deadly fungus?
#halloween #fungi #ecology #naturalhistory #ecologist’snotebook
October 31, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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ICYMI: #envhist #NaturalHistory folks!
drsurekhadavies.bsky.social Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 12d
"[A]n immersive, unsettling meditation on morality and monstrification, or the act of denying the humanity of individuals or groups."

Gift link to my @foreignpolicy.com essay about
@eoghanwalls.bsky.social's FIELD NOTES FROM AN EXTINCTION.

💙📚 🧪🗃 #histsci #politics #ornithology #ecology
How to Make a Monster
What a novel about Ireland’s last great auks reveals about xenophobia today.
foreignpolicy.com
October 28, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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A 💥Science Volunteer💥 role at the Natural History Museum for anyone enthusiastic about 🪲insects🪲 and museum curation
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...
#NaturalHistory #Volunteering #Entomology
Science Volunteer: the M.G. Morris Bequest – Insects:South Kensington
jobs.nhm.ac.uk
November 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Yesterday's animal: the Sunda Rat Snake!

Darwin's already warming up for today.

Learn more: https://beatdarwin.com/species/30228/sunda-rat-snake
Play today: https://beatdarwin.com

#beatdarwin #SundaRatSnake #DidYouGetIt #DiscoverNature #biology #NatureOfBlueSky #NaturalHistory
Sunda Rat Snake — Beat Darwin Species Page
Learn about this species: conservation status, taxonomy, and wildlife facts.
beatdarwin.com
November 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
omearabrian.bsky.social
Yet another reason to bring squirrels to your next rave.

#NaturalHistory
tarpits.org La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · 8d
💡 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸...? Dr. Kayce Bell, Associate Curator of Terrestrial Mammals, shares a fun fact that'll leave you seeing squirrels under a whole new light!
October 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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For enquiries about Transition Year placements or university internships with the Natural History Division, please e-mail naturalhistory@museum.ie
October 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Fig. 603 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1840): Ischyropsalis helwigii, today Ischyropsalis hellwigii (Ischyropsalididae). Locality as printed: "Bayern, Unterfränkischer Kreis".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/1248956
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#harvestmen #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Ischyropsalis helwigii. Figure 603 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 8 (1840), plate 258.
November 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Fig. 194 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1836): Cteniza graja, today Cyrtocarenum grajum (Ctenizidae). Locality as printed: "Griechenland".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/789810
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Cteniza graja. Figure 194 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 3 (1836), plate 86.
November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
nmireland.bsky.social
From cataloguing specimens to learning how geological collections are cared for, TY student Sarah Nugent got a unique behind-the-scenes experience at the National Museum of Ireland.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
#Geology #FutureScientists #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog #Fossil #NaturalHistory #Cotterite
Sarah Nugent with an example of the very rare mineral Cotterite
October 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM