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The Biodiversity Heritage Library provides free & #OpenAccess to 63+ million pages of #biodiversity literature online. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
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Spix's night monkey (Aotus vociferans) is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru. #SciArt by Dutch artist John Gerard Keulemans from "The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" (1872) via @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611367 #NationalMonkeyDay
1872 - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library
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December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Spix's night monkey (Aotus vociferans) is native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru. #SciArt by Dutch artist John Gerard Keulemans from "The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" (1872) via @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611367 #NationalMonkeyDay
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When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
It's a poisonous #FloraFriday + #FungiFriday! ☠️ 🍄🌼
A table of vegetable poisons" (1843) describes the characteristics, locales, and effects of poisonous plants & mushrooms found throughout the world. Find it in #BHLib via @@mobotgarden.bsky.social : www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45450678 🧪
A table of vegetable poisons" (1843) describes the characteristics, locales, and effects of poisonous plants & mushrooms found throughout the world. Find it in #BHLib via @@mobotgarden.bsky.social : www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45450678 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's a poisonous #FloraFriday + #FungiFriday! ☠️ 🍄🌼
A table of vegetable poisons" (1843) describes the characteristics, locales, and effects of poisonous plants & mushrooms found throughout the world. Find it in #BHLib via @@mobotgarden.bsky.social : www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45450678 🧪
A table of vegetable poisons" (1843) describes the characteristics, locales, and effects of poisonous plants & mushrooms found throughout the world. Find it in #BHLib via @@mobotgarden.bsky.social : www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45450678 🧪
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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🌍 Almost USD 35,000 raised — from supporters in 35 countries! 🌏
Your global support is helping #GiveBHLWings as BHL prepares for independence on 1 Jan 2026. #BHLTransition 🌱
📖 Let’s keep biodiversity knowledge open & accessible worldwide.
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Your global support is helping #GiveBHLWings as BHL prepares for independence on 1 Jan 2026. #BHLTransition 🌱
📖 Let’s keep biodiversity knowledge open & accessible worldwide.
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🕊️ The countdown continues! There’s still time to help #GiveBHLWings before BHL becomes independent on 1 January 2026. Your support keeps this global library flying high into the future. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸
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December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🕊️ The countdown continues! There’s still time to help #GiveBHLWings before BHL becomes independent on 1 January 2026. Your support keeps this global library flying high into the future. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸
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These remind me so much of butterflies pressed in a book I helped transcribe with the Smithsonian Transcription Center called "Butterflies collected in the Shire Valley, East Africa". You can see the book in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
Details - Butterflies collected in the Shire Valley, East Africa - Biodiversity Heritage Library
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December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
These remind me so much of butterflies pressed in a book I helped transcribe with the Smithsonian Transcription Center called "Butterflies collected in the Shire Valley, East Africa". You can see the book in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
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If I can't find something I need in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, it's not available to me. Paywalls for 75-year-old papers are still a thing, sadly.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If I can't find something I need in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, it's not available to me. Paywalls for 75-year-old papers are still a thing, sadly.
💚 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/GiveBHL...
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/GiveBHL...
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
💚 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/GiveBHL...
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/GiveBHL...
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.bsky.social. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35962483 🧪 📖 🌎 #Coatimundi #ILoveBHL
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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.bsky.social. www.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 open & accessible worldwide. #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌏
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Help the Biodiversity Heritage Library Take Flight
After nearly two decades under the Smithsonian Institution, the Biodiversity Heritage Library needs to become fully independent by 1 January 2026. Help #GiveBHLWings this Giving Tuesday and support…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌿 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 open & accessible worldwide. #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌏
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On 1 January 2026, the Biodiversity Heritage Library will take flight, becoming fully independent after nearly two decades hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. Learn more on the #BHLBlog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/12/give... #GiveBHLWings #BHLTransition #GivingTuesday
Help Give BHL Wings This Giving Tuesday
On 1 January 2026, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) will take flight, becoming fully independent after nearly two decades hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. This transition marks an hist…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On 1 January 2026, the Biodiversity Heritage Library will take flight, becoming fully independent after nearly two decades hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. Learn more on the #BHLBlog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/12/give... #GiveBHLWings #BHLTransition #GivingTuesday
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Please consider supporting Biodiveristy Heritage Library, which preserves so many key historical publications you can't find anywhere else online!
💚 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
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December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Please consider supporting Biodiveristy Heritage Library, which preserves so many key historical publications you can't find anywhere else online!
💚 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
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November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
💚 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
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The BHL must transition from the Smithsonian on 1 Jan.
This #GivingTuesday we need your support to keep BHL afloat. BHL’s 63 million pages of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge come from 64 Australian organisations & 668 worldwide. Please donate. 🌱 🌏 📚 🦘
This #GivingTuesday we need your support to keep BHL afloat. BHL’s 63 million pages of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge come from 64 Australian organisations & 668 worldwide. Please donate. 🌱 🌏 📚 🦘
🐠 Help #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/GiveBHL...
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The BHL must transition from the Smithsonian on 1 Jan.
This #GivingTuesday we need your support to keep BHL afloat. BHL’s 63 million pages of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge come from 64 Australian organisations & 668 worldwide. Please donate. 🌱 🌏 📚 🦘
This #GivingTuesday we need your support to keep BHL afloat. BHL’s 63 million pages of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge come from 64 Australian organisations & 668 worldwide. Please donate. 🌱 🌏 📚 🦘
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Thanks @strasser.bsky.social for this post. We should all do this after we use BHL images, then the work of the wonderful Biodiversity Heritiage Library would get around. @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
Clicking on it reveals that it's available in high resolution and under public domain. ♥️
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thanks @strasser.bsky.social for this post. We should all do this after we use BHL images, then the work of the wonderful Biodiversity Heritiage Library would get around. @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
#InternationalJaguarDay is celebrated annually on November 29 to raise awareness about jaguar conservation. In 1758, Carl Linnaeus described the jaguar in his Systema Naturae. He gave it the scientific name Felis onca: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726937 #SaveTheJaguar #Jaguar2030 #IloveBHL 🧪 🌎
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#InternationalJaguarDay is celebrated annually on November 29 to raise awareness about jaguar conservation. In 1758, Carl Linnaeus described the jaguar in his Systema Naturae. He gave it the scientific name Felis onca: www.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 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49770915 #SciArt #OpenAccess 🧪 🌎 📖
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49770915 #SciArt #OpenAccess 🧪 🌎 📖
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Clicking on it reveals that it's available in high resolution and under public domain. ♥️
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Clicking on it reveals that it's available in high resolution and under public domain. ♥️
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
And so I have my image without paying a dime to a stock image side, and instead, can use the money to donate to the Biodiversity Heritage Library!
8/9
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Ok, definitely the last of these "pretty" experiments... the rather less colourful Icones plantarum biostor.org/issn/0269-3542, just a single volume from @biodivlibrary.bsky.social processed so far.
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ok, definitely the last of these "pretty" experiments... the rather less colourful Icones plantarum biostor.org/issn/0269-3542, just a single volume from @biodivlibrary.bsky.social processed so far.
Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap & digest. This #SciArt of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" (insectivorous plants) is from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" (1890). Contributed to #BHLib by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55161008 🧪
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap & digest. This #SciArt of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" (insectivorous plants) is from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" (1890). Contributed to #BHLib by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55161008 🧪
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@biodivlibrary.bsky.social you’ve reminded me how grateful I am for all you do. Thank you so very much. Lx
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social you’ve reminded me how grateful I am for all you do. Thank you so very much. Lx
🐠 Help #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/GiveBHL...
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🐠 Help #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/GiveBHL...
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We would have been astounded at his age if we had had all the opportunities for exploration… internet archive, biodiversity heritage library, etc. Whole volumes of ancient reference texts downloadable. .
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We would have been astounded at his age if we had had all the opportunities for exploration… internet archive, biodiversity heritage library, etc. Whole volumes of ancient reference texts downloadable. .
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Entomologia Terrae Novae is an unpubl. manuscript by Philip Henry Gosse (1833) on the insect fauna of Newfoundland.
The ms (which has been digitized in the Biodiversity Heritage Library) was returned to Newfoundland a few years back.See the story and the link to the book at s.si.edu/2rjaVvV
The ms (which has been digitized in the Biodiversity Heritage Library) was returned to Newfoundland a few years back.See the story and the link to the book at s.si.edu/2rjaVvV
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Entomologia Terrae Novae is an unpubl. manuscript by Philip Henry Gosse (1833) on the insect fauna of Newfoundland.
The ms (which has been digitized in the Biodiversity Heritage Library) was returned to Newfoundland a few years back.See the story and the link to the book at s.si.edu/2rjaVvV
The ms (which has been digitized in the Biodiversity Heritage Library) was returned to Newfoundland a few years back.See the story and the link to the book at s.si.edu/2rjaVvV
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Added over 400 articles to Journal of @entsocbc.bsky.social in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. Articles are in BioStor biostor.org/issn/0071-0733 and should appear in BHL tomorrow #bhlsunday
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Added over 400 articles to Journal of @entsocbc.bsky.social in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. Articles are in BioStor biostor.org/issn/0071-0733 and should appear in BHL tomorrow #bhlsunday