Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants — of organisms. Biology thus includes natural history, and much else besides.


The Nature of Natural History (1950, 1990)


Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants — of organisms....

Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants — of organisms....

Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants — of organisms....

Natural history is not equivalent to biology. Biology is the study of life. Natural history is the study of animals and plants — of organisms....