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Natural History

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Natural History

Natural history or (in Latin) Naturalis Historia is the scientific study of plants or animals.

Natural History may also refer to:

In science and medicine:
* "Natural History" (Pliny) , "Naturalis Historia", a 1st-century work by Pliny the Elder
* "Natural History" (Lonitzer), a 16th-century work by Adam Lonitzer
* "Naturalis Historia Scotiae", a 1684 work by Robert Sibbald
*"The Natural History of Iceland", a 1752 work by Niels Horrebow
* "Natural History" (magazine), an American magazine
* "Natural History Review", a 19th-century UK quarterly journal
* Natural History Publications (Borneo), a publishing house based in Borneo
* Natural history of disease, the uninterrupted progression of a medical condition in an individual
** Natural history group, subjects in a drug trial that receive no treatment of any kind, whose illness is left to run its course

In music:
* "Natural History" (I Am Kloot album), a 2001 album by I Am Kloot
* "", a 1990 album by Talk Talk
* The Natural History (band), an American rock band
** "The Natural History", the band's 2002 debut EP

In literature:
* A 1992 novel by American writer Maureen Howard
* A 2003 novel by British writer Justina Robson

Companies:
* Natural History New Zealand, a film production company specialising in wildlife documentaries

ee also

* Natural theology
* Nature (disambiguation)


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  • natural history — Natural Nat u*ral (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.] 1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Natural history — History His to*ry, n.; pl. {Histories}. [L. historia, Gr. istori a history, information, inquiry, fr. istwr, istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of ? to know; akin to E. wit. See {Wit}, and cf. {Story}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A learning or knowing …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • natural history — noun Date: 1567 1. a treatise on some aspect of nature 2. the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time 3. the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • I'm Coming to You, Arctic!, 1984 — Annotation: History of Arctic exploration from the beginning of the 20th century. Film description: Nature of the Arctic, environmental protection, Kandalaksha Preserve, the work…