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#TurtleTuesday with a holiday twist: Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur), which are featured in the popular holiday song #12DaysofChristmas. #SciArt from "Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands" v. 4 (1885-97) issued by Thomas Littleton Powys Lilford. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @amnh: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34517561 ---------------------------- #NaturalHistory #biodiversity #bhlib #bhl #openaccess #holidays #happyholidays #library #Libraries #birds #specialcollections #AMNH #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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European lobster (Homarus gammarus). #SciArt by George Brettinham Sowerby from unfinished plate by James Sowerby for "Malacostraca Podophthalmata Brittanniae" (1815-1875) by William Elford Leach. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by Naturalis Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210018#page/298/mode/2up --------------------------------- #NaturalisBiodiversityCenter #bhlib #bhl #naturalhistory #crustacean #lobster #biodiversity #specialcollections #rarebooks #nature #libraries #library #archives #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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The wild boar (Sus scrofa) for #WildlifeWednesday. #SciArt from "Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy...Including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons" (1832) by John Stephenson. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by the @usgs Libraries Program: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40987297 ------------------------------- #SciArt #NaturalHistory #biodiversity #mammal #openaccess #USGS #bhlib #bhl #libraries #library #rarebooks #specialcollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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The platypus's (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom-delivering spur was a curiosity highlighted within "Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy...Including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons" (1832) by John Stephenson. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @usgs Libraries Program https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40987289 -------------------------- #SciArt #NaturalHistory #biodiversity #mammal #openaccess #USGS #bhlib #bhl #libraries #library #rarebooks #specialcollections #platypus #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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Tufted Lousewort (Pedicularis comosa) for #BotanicMonday! #SciArt from "Die Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur gemalt" v. 4 (1884) by Joseph Seboth, Ferdinand Graf, and Joh. Petrasch. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @usgs: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39676425 ----------------------- #botany #plantsci #plants #flower #naturalhistory #biodiversity #bhlib #bhl #USGS #openaccess #rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #Library #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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Happy #FishyFriday! Variety of #Catfish from #China: Fig. 1 Clarias fuscus; Fig. 2 Hemibagrus macropterus; and Fig. 3 Tachysurus fulvidraco. #Fish #SciArt from The Fresh-water #Fishes of China (1943) by John T. Nichols. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12398729 _________________________________________________ #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

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We're celebrating the wonder of #trees for #Feathursday! Explore Tenants of the Trees (1907) by Clarence Hawkes, which was contributed for digitization by @amnh to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6478661 _________________________________________________ #Birds #Tree #PublishersBindingThursday #BookBinding #BookCovers #FancyBioBooks #FancyBookBinding #AMNH #AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

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Crested Mona Monkeys (Cercopithecus pogonias) live high in the forest canopies of west central #Africa. #SciArt from A Hand-book to the #Primates, Vol. 2 (1897) by Henry Ogg Forbes. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9896494 _________________________________________________ #CrestedMonaMonkeys #Monkeys #WildlifeWednesday #CrownedGuenon #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

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Happy #TurtleTuesday! Hatchling Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) and Adult Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). #SciArt from Our #Reptiles and #Batrachians (1893) by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11090530 _________________________________________________ #Turtles #Herpetology #Reptiles #SeaTurtles #Hawksbill #Leatherback #SeaTurtle #AMNH #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

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Pangolins (Family Manidae) are the only mammals with scales! #SciArt by W. S. Berridge for The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910) by William Percival Westell. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10102817 _________________________________________________ #Pangolins #Endangered #CriticallyEndangered #Mammals #MammalMonday #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH

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The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living reptiles. #SciArt from Hermann Schlegel's "Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibian" (1837-44). Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @silibraries: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46020202 ------------------------------- #BHL #naturalhistory #openaccess #SmithsonianLibraries #libraries #library #biodiversity #reptile #crocodile #scientificillustration #scicomm #science #scied #histsci #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) with a guinea pig (genus Cavia). #SciArt by George Edwards for "Gleanings of Natural History" pt. 2 (1760). Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @nlbsg https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50289605 ---------------------- #NaturalHistory #science #sciart #histsci #bhl #bhlib #rarebook #specialcollections #scicomm #biodiversity #nature #openaccess #library #NLB #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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The first published figure of a Suriname specimen of the tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella) for #MammalMonday! #SciArt by George Edwards for "Gleanings of Natural History" pt. 3 (1764). Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @nlbsg https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50176556 ---------------------- #NaturalHistory #science #primate #sciart #histsci #bhl #bhlib #rarebook #scicomm #biodiversity #nature #openaccess #library #NLB #SouthAmerica #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries

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All of us at #BHLib wish you a happy and relaxing #Thanksgiving! Image: Bolgiano's new century catalogue 1901. Digitized by @usdagov National Agricultural Library: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42153666

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We've just surpassed 10,000 followers on @instagram! Thank you to all of our fans for helping us reach this milestone! Want more #SciArt in your life? Follow us to bring #biodiversity beauty to your day! https://www.instagram.com/biodivlibrary/ Huge thanks to @histsciart for curating the feed! We could not have reached this milestone without you!

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Scorpions (Hottentotta alticola) from #Afghanistan. #SciArt from the Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ser. 2: T. 22 (1950). Contributed for digitization by Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (@le_museum) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54522792 _________________________________________________ #Scorpions #Insects #Arachnids #Entomology #Arachnology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MNHN