Brain-Rain.

wapiti3:

Mauereidechse (Wall Lizard)-C1880 on Flickr.

Artist unknown, German school.
source-Antique Print Room

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scientificillustration:

Portuguese Man O’ War, by René Lesson and Pancrace Bessa, from Louis-Isidore Duperrey, Voyage autour du monde, 1825-30.

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awatercolorpainter:

Salamanders by Casey Lee

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intheheatherbright:

Moth Caterpillars.

Arthur Mee ed., The Children’s Encyclopedia, (London: The Educational Book Company, circa 1920).

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blackspider:

minerals1851 by dd21207 on Flickr.

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amnhnyc:

In the course of his work studying the reptiles and amphibians of Madagascar, Associate Curator Chris Raxworthy often refers to a classic 19th-century herpetological text: Erpétologie générale, by André-Marie-Constant Duméril, of the Paris Museum of Natural History. 

It’s a work that Raxworthy says is quite important, so he jumped at the chance to highlight it as part of the recently released book Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. 

Read on here.