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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
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#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
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#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
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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
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#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
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#Pangolins #Endangered #CriticallyEndangered #Mammals #MammalMonday #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH
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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
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#Scorpions #Insects #Arachnids #Entomology #Arachnology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MNHN
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Break out your favorite coloring tools on this #BotanicMonday! Botanical #SciArt of Macrostelia laurina, which is native to #Madagascar. This illustration comes from Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ser. 2: T. 20 (1948). Contributed for digitization by Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (@le_museum) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54337749
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#floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #MNHN
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Happy #FishyFriday! The old wife #fish (Enoplosus armatus) is endemic to the temperate coastal waters of #Australia. #SciArt by James Sowerby for “Zoology of New Holland” ([1793]-1794), with text by George Shaw. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @museumsvictoria as part of #BHL Australia: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40653649
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Happy #Feathursday! The Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius) is native to southeast #Australia and #Tasmania. #SciArt by James Sowerby for “Zoology of New Holland” ([1793]-1794), with text by George Shaw. Contributed to the #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by @museumsvictoria as part of #BHL Australia: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40653675
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Algae (Plocamium hookeri). #SciArt by William Henry Harvey for his Nereis Australis, or Algae of the Southern Ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University (1847-49). Contributed for digitization by Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia, Atlas of Living Australia, and Museums Victoria (@museumsvictoria) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46201265
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Anyone up for a cruise to the South Pole on this #TravelTuesday? Join the explorations as an armchair traveler with The Cruise of the Antarctic to the South Polar Regions (1896) by Henrik Johan Bull. Contributed for digitization by Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia and @museumsvictoria to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46292002
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#SouthPole #PolarExplorations #Antarctic #Ships #Travel #Expeditions #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #BHLAu #MuseumsVictoria
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#MapMonday: Trace British explorer William Dampier’s 1699 voyage to what we now call Australia. #SciArt from A Voyage to New Holland, etc., in the year 1699 (published 1703) by William Dampier. Contributed for digitization by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (@royalbotanicgardensvic) and Atlas of Living Australia to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50441122
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#Maps #HistoricalMaps #NewHolland #Australia #NewSouthWales #Map #Exploration #Explorer #Voyage #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #RBGVictoria #BHLAu
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#FossilFriday: Crinoids (Genus Encrinus) lived during the Middle Triassic Epoch. #SciArt from Curso Elemental de Zoología (1898) by Henri Milne-Edwards, translated into Spanish by Elías Zerolo. Contributed for digitization in #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by Dirección de Bibliotecas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León @uanlred. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54364278
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Various insects from #Mexico! #SciArt from Datos Para la Zoología Médica Mexicana: Arácnidos é Insectos (1893) by Jésus Sanchez. Contributed for digitization by Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, @unam_mx to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51139812
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#Insects #Entomology #Bugs #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #BHLMexico #UNAM
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Explore flowers from different #plant classes designated by Linnaeus. #SciArt from Curso de Botanica Elemental: Parte Teorica (1841) by Miguel Bustamante. Contributed for digitization by Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, @unam_mx to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49819997
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#floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #UNAM #BHLMexico
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November marks #ManateeAwarenessMonth! West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) live in shallow coastal areas where they feast on aquatic plants. Known by the nickname “sea cows”, they can graze for more than 5 hours a day. This photograph comes from ECOfronteras, Vol. 11, No. 30 (April 2007), a research magazine published by El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (@ecosurmx), a public research center attached to the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) of #Mexico. ECOSUR has contributed volumes from 2006 to 2017 of ECOfronteras to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary as part of our ongoing mission to promote #OpenAccess! View this illustration and more: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434366
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#Manatees #WestIndianManatees #Manatee #ManateeMonth #MammalMonday #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #ECOSUR #BHLMexico
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We’re joining the #ArchivesPotluck with some delicious #grapes (Vitis vinifera) from The Illustrated Botany (1846-47) edited by John B. Newman, Contributed for digitization by the United States Geological Survey Libraries Program (@usgs) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39683240
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Happy #Feathursday! Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus) carry their babies on their backs while swimming and diving, helping to teach the chicks to swim and dive relatively quickly after hatching. This illustration was done by the famed French artist Roger Reboussin (1881-1965) in 1952 for the Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2nd Series, Tome 24 (Jan. 1952). Contributed for digitization in #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary by Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (@le_museum): https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54570322
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Devil Catfish (Bagarius bagarius), also known as the Indian Dwarf Goonch. #SciArt from Pieter Bleeker’s Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, Tome 2 (1862). Contributed for digitization by the National Library Board of Singapore @nlbsg to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50176469
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The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) for #MammalMonday! #SciArt by John Gerrard Keulemans for Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and Foxes (1890) by St. George Jackson Mivart. Contributed for digitization by the @gersteinlibrary @uoftlibraries to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17003161
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