Natural History
Specimens and dioramas
Natural history is the study of animals, plants, minerals, and other natural objects—especially through observation rather than experiment.
The term evokes an older, broader approach to science before it split into specialized disciplines like biology and geology.
A natural history museum displays specimens and artifacts from the natural world: fossils, taxidermied animals, pressed plants.
Someone with an interest in natural history might keep field journals, collect butterflies, or identify birds.
- zoologyStudy of fauna
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- animal kingdomEukaryotic heterotroph classification
Pliny the Elder · mineralogy · specimen · flora · living world · taxonomy · museum collection · cabinet of curiosities · ecology · Charles Darwin · evolution · classification · biodiversity · field guide · field study · entomology · conservation biology · ornithology
- ancient encyclopedias
- NYC AttractionsEmpire State Building, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Statue of Liberty
- Latin LiteratureCicero, Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Caesar
- SmithsonianNational Zoo, Hope Diamond, Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, Apollo 11
- Ancient TreatisesOrganon
- Silver LatinSeneca, Tacitus, Martial, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger
Natural Historycultural history
Study of collective traditions
art history · technology · artificial · human history · civilization
Natural Historyexperimental science
Study through controlled observation
theoretical physics · molecular biology · particle physics · synthetic biology · futurism
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