natural history
noun
1
: a treatise on some aspect of nature
2
: the natural development of something (such as an organism or disease) over a period of time
3
: the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view
Examples of natural history in a Sentence
the natural history of bees
We went to the Natural History Museum.
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The museum's mission is to stimulate interest in, advance knowledge of, and foster appreciation for the natural environment, with a particular emphasis on the unique natural history of Long Island's South Fork.
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Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
According to The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia’s renowned natural history museum, new technology has only increased the need for science illustrators, who can help bring either nanoparticles or galaxies to a comprehensible scale; a handful of colleges have science illustration programs.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Painted by local artist Israel Holloway, the mural — said to be the world’s largest watercolor — welcomes visitors to a peerless treasury of natural history, cowboy culture, and gunfighting glory.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
Our Most Popular Stories of 2022 Personality tests, street dogs, underwater treasures, and a natural history of dragons.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
According to The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia’s renowned natural history museum, new technology has only increased the need for science illustrators, who can help bring either nanoparticles or galaxies to a comprehensible scale; a handful of colleges have science illustration programs.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Painted by local artist Israel Holloway, the mural — said to be the world’s largest watercolor — welcomes visitors to a peerless treasury of natural history, cowboy culture, and gunfighting glory.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
Our Most Popular Stories of 2022 Personality tests, street dogs, underwater treasures, and a natural history of dragons.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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natural history
noun
: the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time
increasing knowledge of the natural histories of tumors—H. S. N. Greene
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