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Biodiversity Heritage Library provides free & #openaccess to #biodiversity literature online.
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🐠 #GiveBHLWings: After nearly two decades under the Smithsonian, BHL must become independent by 1 Jan. Your donation helps us take flight and keep 500 years of biodiversity knowledge accessible. 🧪 📖 #GivingTuesday #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 💚 Give today: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHLWi…
💚 Thank you for helping us #GiveBHLWings! Your support this #GivingTuesday brings BHL closer to independence on 1 Jan 2026 and keeps the world’s biodiversity knowledge open for all. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸 ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHLWi…
Happy #WorldCoatiDay! This coati is from "Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature" (1833-1840), digitised for BHL by @NHM_London. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35962483 🧪 📖 🌎 #Coatimundi #ILoveBHL
🌿 It’s #GivingTuesday! Help the Biodiversity Heritage Library take flight as we count down to independence on 1 Jan 2026. Your gift helps #GiveBHLWings, keeping 500 years of biodiversity knowledge accessible worldwide. #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌏 💚 Donate now: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHLWi…
💚 Just 2 days to go until #GivingTuesday! 🌿 BHL must transition to independence by 1 January 2026 – your gift can help #GiveBHLWings and keep biodiversity knowledge open and free. 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess 🔗 ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHLWi…
#InternationalJaguarDay is celebrated annually on Nov 29 to raise awareness about jaguar conservation. In 1758, Carl Linnaeus described the jaguar in his Systema Naturae, giving it the scientific name Felis onca: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726937 #SaveTheJaguar #Jaguar2030 #IloveBHL 🧪 🌎
It's #WorldTamanduaDay! Tamandua is a genus of anteaters. This northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) is from "Manual para el rastreo de mamíferos silvestres de México" (2012) by J.M.A. Sánchez, in #BHLib via #BHLMexico & @Conabio biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49770915 #SciArt #OpenAccess 🧪 🌎
Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap & digest. This #SciArt of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" ("insectivorous plants") is from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon", v. 8 (1890). Contributed to #BHLib by @uoftlibraries: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55161008 🧪
Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are called the unicorn of the sea — for obvious reasons. This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL
Happy #WorldAnteaterDay! This Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) #SciArt is by Édouard Traviès for Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny, Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle (1849). Contributed to BHL by @ncsulibraries biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19538021 🧪 📖 🌎 🐜 #ILoveBHL
🌿 #GivingTuesday is coming! 💚 On 2 Dec, help us #GiveBHLWings & support the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s transition to independence by 1 Jan 2026. Your gift keeps biodiversity knowledge accessible for all 🧪 📖 🌏 #OpenScience #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHLWi…
This beautiful Fairy Shrimp #SciArt is by Christine Etiennette Pernette Jurine for "Histoire des monocles qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève" (1820), authored by her father, Louis Jurine. Contributed to BHL by @mayrlibrary: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10664230 #HerNaturalHistory
Mary Cynthia Dickerson was the 1st curator of herpetology at @AMNH. She authored "The Frog Book" (1906), describing North American toads and frogs. Explore it in #BHLib thanks to the @uoftlibraries Robarts Library ➡️ biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31830673 #HerNaturalHistory #HERpers 🐸
November is #ManateeAwarenessMonth! This beautiful Manatee #SciArt is from Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1882), illustrated by Josef Wolf. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/570882 #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess #SaveTheManatee #SeaCow 🧪🌎📖🌱
All issues of Mycotaxon (1974–2024) are now digitised, #OpenAccess & discoverable in BHL! Thx to the work of Diane Rielinger & BHL’s Team #RetroPIDs, every article now has a DOI, connecting 50 years of #Mycology to today’s scholarly network. #Fungi 🍄 🧪 biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2…
BHL had a strong presence at #LivingData2025 + the #GBIF #GB32 Governing Board Meeting in Bogotá 🇨🇴. We shared our transition progress, rallied support & strengthened collaborations for linked open biodiversity data. 🧪 🌎 📚 🌱🔗 Read more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/11/living…
🪼 Alfred Mayor's "Medusae of the world" (1910) attempted to describe all known forms from all parts of the world. The #SciArt is based on drawings, from life, by William K. Brooks and Louis Murbach. View it in #BHLib: biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5… #WorldJellyfishDay #ILoveBHL
The Numbat is Australia's only truly diurnal marsupial. This Numbat is from Gould's "Mammals of Australia" (1863): "with its beautiful tail spread out to the full extent, it offers a great resemblance to the Squirrels". doi.org/10.5962/p.3127… #InternationalNumbatDay #ILoveBHL 🧪
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated to BHL’s Fundraising Campaign so far! 💚 Your generosity will help us build an independent, sustainable future for open biodiversity knowledge. 🌿 📖 🌏 🧪 Every gift helps: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDonati… #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess
#InternationalGibbonDay is dedicated to raising awareness of our overlooked, under-protected "lesser" apes. This Hainan gibbon #SciArt is from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1905). This species is now critically endangered. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887889 🧪 📖 🌱
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