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Natural History
Natural history is the research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
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There's a pleasure in knowing the names of things. It's not about a need to categorise the world, sectioning it into little boxes. And clearly you don't have to know the names of rocks - or trees or plants or birds - in order to enjoy a landscape. But if you do have this information, something changes about the way you exist in that space. A named landscape thickens. It's to do with history and context but also, I think, with the quality of attention. To assign something its name, you need to ta
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― Notes from Deep Time
― Notes from Deep Time
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Aldo (Leopold) had argued ... for a revolutionary principle in human affairs: a recognition that other species in this world possess an innate right to existence.
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― Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
― Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
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