natural history
study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment
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Natural history is the study of plants, animals, and other organisms as they exist in their natural environments, rather than in laboratories or isolation. It matters because it helps us understand how different species live, interact with each other, and adapt to their surroundings in the real world.
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Research
127,766 papers- Natural History Collections as Inspiration for Technology.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2019
- The pathological anatomical collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2024
- How can natural history museums help nature recover?Trends in ecology & evolution · 2026
- Natural-history collections face fight for survival.Nature · 2017
- Fund natural-history museums, not de-extinction.Nature · 2021
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Black and white tables of natural history, from Ephraim Chambers's 1728 Cyclopaedia.
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is called a naturalist or natural historian.