Tag: Carl Linnaeus

The First American and Colonial Woman Botanist

March 30, 2011

In honor of Women’s History Month, I decided to acquaint myself more with early American women naturalists. Luckily, for me, author Tina Gianquitto has written a book about such a subject

Squirrel Appreciation Day

January 21, 2010

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Sciurus volans. The flying squirrel. / Guajacana [Persimmon tree], Mark Catesby. Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (London, 1731-1743 [i.e, 1729-1747]). Vol.2, pl.76. Mark Catesby spent a total more »