THE evolution-theory aims at formulating the way in which the present-day state of things has come about. It is not demonstrable like the law of the conservation of energy; it is a way of looking at ...

POPULAR works on natural history vary consider-l ably in scope and in treatment, according to the particular appeal which it is desired to make to the reader. Some appeal exclusively to the sporting ...

At the Natural History Museum's Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, stuffed creatures parade majestically through their various habitats. Animals of all kinds teach children about the diversity of nature ...

Evenhuis, N. L., Thompson, F. Christian, and others. 1990. "Type designations of genus-group names of Diptera given in d’Orbigny’s Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle." Bishop Museum ...

Rata Forest, Auckland Island Nature Reserve, Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site Forêt de rata, Réserve naturelle Auckland Island, Ile ...