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Eels and feels

For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual.

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The men who meddled with nature

The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.

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Beating the bodysnatchers

When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.

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Would you like to buy a unicorn?

The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.

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  • Fig. 2 - A Tagal Naturalist. The phrenological journal, 1871.
  • Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Charles Étienne Bonnet, the Swiss naturalist and philosopher: profile. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808), Spanish naturalist. Oil painting by R. Cristobal, 1930.
  • Jean-Louis-Armand Quatrefages de Breau, French naturalist: his statue in the public gardens in Vallerangue, France. Photographic postcard, 1900/1910.
  • M0002316: Reproduction of a portrait of Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) F.R.S., Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer
  • M0002316: Reproduction of a portrait of Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) F.R.S., Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer
  • Skeleton of a man, a woman from the Akka tribe and a gorilla (provided by the hunter-naturalist Paul Du Chaillu), displayed in a row. Photograph by Gambier Bolton, 1890.
  • The natural history of Selborne / By the late Rev. Gilbert White... To which are added, the naturalist's calendar [by G. White and W. Markwick], miscellaneous observations [with remarks by Mr. Markwick], and poems. [Edited, by J.W. i.e. John White].
  • The natural history of Selborne / By the late Rev. Gilbert White... To which are added, the naturalist's calendar [by G. White and W. Markwick], miscellaneous observations [with remarks by Mr. Markwick], and poems. [Edited, by J.W. i.e. John White].
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