He may have have kept up his natural-history writing in the interim. From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
The nearby Oakland Museum of California has art, history and natural-history exhibits. From Wordnik.com. [Oakland Turns Over a New Leaf] Reference
The protagonist wants to hand it over to a natural-history museum; the hippie brother…doesn't. From Wordnik.com. [‘Colbert Report’ Writer Glenn Eichler Explains His Mysterious Graphic Novel ‘Stuffed’] Reference
Aristotle he sent large collections of natural-history objects, gathered in his extended expeditions. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Seeing a tank in a military museum is a little like looking at a dinosaur in a natural-history museum. From Wordnik.com. [Old Warhorses in Working Order] Reference
He commissions surging musical scores and has recruited talent from outside the natural-history ranks. From Wordnik.com. [A Wildlife Filmmaker Goes After Bigger Prey] Reference
And in a departure from other natural-history museums, the animals are being dispersed throughout the museum. From Wordnik.com. [Moving 38,000 Living Specimens Creates] Reference
The sights which he finds most attractive in famous seaports are the fish-markets and the natural-history museums. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Hayes drawing of a tarantula A number of men stationed with the British East India Co. became collectors of natural-history art. From Wordnik.com. [Up Close With Fur and Feathers] Reference
The personable captain, Kevin Trzcinski, is a fine natural-history guide who helps visitors appreciate Napa's protected wetlands. From Wordnik.com. [Napa, Without the Wine] Reference
A natural-history exhibit was taken to task a few years ago for "a decidedly Ptolemaic view: the world revolves around New Jersey.". From Wordnik.com. [Never Mind] Reference
One of the very remarkable trees of South America -- a region notable for its natural-history wonders -- is that called the cow-tree. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The recreation-department staff was pared to one job from seven; budgets for the library and natural-history museum were cut by half. From Wordnik.com. [Calpers Losses Add to a City's Stress] Reference
The French minister of culture has written a letter to natural-history museums in France, asking them to lend a hand in whatever way they can. From Wordnik.com. [Animal House] Reference
Labat cuts a flamboyant figure: He builds churches, makes voluminous natural-history observations and joins in ship-to-ship fighting against the British. From Wordnik.com. [A Traveler's Way With Words] Reference
Much of this activity was inspired by the Biomimicry Institute's founder, natural-history writer Janine Benyus, who conducts seminars with manufacturers and trade groups. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Nature, Design Guru] Reference
The company later promoted him to natural-history guide, then safari manager, then program director, and then an operations manager before he assumed his current role in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Top Small Workplaces 2007] Reference
I have made a specialty of natural-history drawings. From Wordnik.com. [The Associate Hermits] Reference
TORONTO: BBC Worldwide's ten-part natural-history series. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There was no time for natural-history studies of the ape. From Wordnik.com. [Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer] Reference
"I came to collect natural-history specimens," said Brace warmly. From Wordnik.com. [Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig] Reference
A minute curator of a prestigious natural-history (920) 468-4065 passed. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Four years in the making, David Attenborough's ten-part natural-history series. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I had much interesting natural-history talk with him, and he was very kind to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Charles Darwin] Reference
So Cooper Union provided a museum of waxworks and many strange, natural-history specimens. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
"But you want, like us, to try and collect plenty of fresh natural-history objects, don't you?". From Wordnik.com. [Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig] Reference
Once an American gave me a hint: "I'm going to apply for a job as attendant in a natural-history museum.". From Wordnik.com. [High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France] Reference
These rides and strolls into the woods were very fruitful in natural-history acquisitions and observations. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
This time he selected for a natural-history survey a section of the world really less known than South America. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists] Reference
But a handful of expert natural-history artists begin with the fossil bones of a hominid and work from there …. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
I do not pretend that natural-history knowledge, as such, can increase our sense of the beautiful in natural objects. From Wordnik.com. [Science & Education] Reference
On the other hand, she remembered to have read, in her natural-history studies, that African elephants were untameable. From Wordnik.com. [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference
The collection of natural-history specimens is one of the most pleasant diversions, and may be made very useful as well. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Facts for Old and Young] Reference
In one way, Wallace surely paralleled Humboldt: both lost a most valuable collection of natural-history specimens by shipwreck. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists] Reference
Midmore would go home and identify them, one by one, out of the natural-history books by Mr. Surtees, on the table beside the sofa. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
His quarters began to look like an amateur natural-history museum, in spite of duplicate heads and horns and skulls that he sent home to. From Wordnik.com. [The Day's Work - Volume 1] Reference
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