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    Jul 1

    Due to staffing changes, we are reducing our activities on Twitter. We will continue to post status alerts and share updates from our blog but will not actively monitor this account. If you have questions or need support, please visit our FAQ:

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  2. Aug 12

    New on the blog: "BHL Empowers Research on Landscape Gardening History" ➡️

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  3. Jul 22

    New on the blog: "Plant Trade and Medicinal Plants in Asia" ➡️

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  4. Jul 13

    New on the blog: "Farewell to Brood X (2021) — See You in 2038!" ➡️ 📷 : Egg Laying Female (Magicicada cassinii). Photo Credit:

    A cicada attached to the underpart of a branch with green leaves in the background.
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  5. Jul 8

    New on the blog: "Backswimmers vs. Mosquitos: BHL Informs Research on Controlling Yellow Fever Mosquito Populations" ➡️

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  6. Jun 29

    Brighten your day with these beautiful blooms from "Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei" (1896), freely available in thanks to . 🌸 🌺 🌼

    🌸 Happy from a few of the many (many!) flower plates in "Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei" (1896). This German gardening compendium was issued in 50 parts, over the course of two years with hundreds of illustrations. In :
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  7. Jun 29

    You can explore over 10,000 pages contributed by our partner in Aotearoa New Zealand, , in . ➡️

    at Auckland Museum: Content, Collaboration and Copyright by Kelly Hall
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    Jun 28

    🚦 Acrostic titles 🚦 Inconsistent names 🚦 Wonky OCR ⬆️ Just a few of the problems when creating article-level metadata. Find out how former intern Katerina overcame these obstacles to improve access to "Animal Keepers’ Forum" in :

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  9. Jun 28

    Celebrate field work for with ! Visit our blog to learn more about Paul Bartsch's field work in the Philippines & artist Kumataro Ito's . View the field book in via .

    For , we're highlighting from our collections! These nudibranchs are the work of Kumataro Ito, who accompanied mollusk curator Paul Bartsch to the Philippines in 1907. In : ➡️
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    Jun 26

    Nice coverage for our partner, in Aotearoa New Zealand, : "Auckland Museum Awarded New National Role"

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  11. Jun 24

    🍄 An illustration by Frances Reed from "Illustrations of British Mycology" (1847-55) is featured in our coloring book, which can be freely downloaded here. ➡️

    coloring page of three mushrooms
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  12. Jun 24

    🍄🍄🍄 "Illustrations of British Mycology" (1847-55) illustrates & describes species collected by Anna Maria Hussey & her sister, Frances Reed. The 2 volumes contain 140 plates. Explore the work in thanks to ➡️

    Lurid Bolete (Suillellus luridus). 🍄 by Anna Maria Hussey for her Illustrations of British , Ser. 2 (1855). View more in with thanks to the Mertz Library of the for digitizing: 🍄
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    Jun 24

    in 1856 "Description of Mygale emilia..." by A. White was read at a meeting of the Zoological Society & later published in the Proceedings (PZS), now , illustrated with this plate by Miss Spooner: Image from

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    Jun 23

    We're pretty in pink for 🦩 This illustration comes from "Museum Leverianum" (1792-1796) in : The book documents specimens found in Sir Ashton Lever's museum. Some more accurately than others:

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  15. Jun 22

    You can view "Le Monde des papillons" (1867) in thanks to Musée cantonal de zoologie, . ➡️ View the from the title in . ➡️

    Collage of various illustrations of butterflies and moths with their caterpillars.
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  16. Jun 22

    🦋🐛Bring some beauty to your day with this stunning Lepidoptera ! "Le Monde des papillons" (1867) was illustrated with 50 plates, including 49 hand-colored plates depicting various Lepidoptera and their caterpillars. Thanks to for sharing!

    , , and ! from Le Monde des Papillons (1867) by Alphonse Depuiset. View more in with thanks to the Library of the Musée Cantonal de Zoologie - Lausanne for digitizing: 🐛
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  17. Jun 21

    Happy ! 🐙 🦑 Jean Baptiste Vérany's "Mollusques méditeranéens: Céphalopodes" (1851), in via , describes specimens fished from the Mediterranean Sea and features chromolithographed plates depicting octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.

    from kicks off today and it's bound to be tenta-cool 🦑 These examples of squids and octopi are from "Mollusques méditeranéens", written by Jean Baptiste Verany and published in 1851. Find it in :
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  18. Jun 17

    Aldrovandi's "Ornithologiae" is made freely available in thanks to .

    Life isn't black and white, but back in the time of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) this is how many saw the natural world in print. View his ornithological 3 volume set via
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  19. Jun 17

    Dutch illustrator John Gerard Keulemans (1842-1912) was one of the most celebrated natural history artists of the 19th century. He illustrated many notable ornithological books. You can explore more of Keulemans' in the . ➡️

    Collage of colorful bird illustrations by John Gerard Keulemans.
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  20. Jun 17

    Happy ! 🦜 This of green-tailed jacamars (Galbula galbula) by John Gerrard Keulemans comes from "A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds" (1882), which is freely available in thanks to of .

    Green-tailed jacamars (Galbula galbula). by John Gerrard Keulemans from Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidæ and Bucconidæ (1882) by Philip Lutley Sclater, via and of :
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