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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

All posts tagged with mammals

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Vanity and BHL: Examining Extinction and Rediscovery through Art

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Vanity, an art installation by Joseph Gregory Rossano created for and with the support of the Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma, Washington, tells the story of eleven species and subspecies, presumed extinct, presented through the lens of humanity’s role in their demise. The exhibition features historical accounts detailing each species’ “discovery” (collection date, type locality, collector, scientific illustrations, etc.), humanity’s role in its extinction, and the year it was declared “Extinct”. To produce these species tales, Rossano collaborated with Sandra I. Berríos-Torres, MD. Berríos-Torres served as author of the 11 historical accounts and as Editorial Director of the exhibition catalogue, on behalf of Joseph Gregory Rossano.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library was a crucial resource for Berríos-Torres. Consulting dozens of publications in BHL while conducting research for Vanity, she ultimately cited 16 of them in the historical accounts that were incorporated into the exhibition and catalogue.

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February 7, 2019byGrace Costantino and Sandra I. Berríos Torres, MD
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Re-Examining the Jurassic Mammal Fossils of the UK

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Mesozoic mammal palaeontology is in the middle of a revolution. Since the first mammals and their closest mammal-like relatives were discovered in the early 1800s, most of the fossil record for these earliest ancestors of ours were fragments of jaw and isolated teeth, the size of rice grains. In the last fifteen years however, an increasing number of more complete skeletons have been found in China, radically changing our understanding of the first mammals. It turns out they were more diverse and ecologically specialised than anyone previously suspected. Now we have new skeletons, it is more important than ever to pull together and sort through the historical fossil finds and descriptions. This means tracking down old and often obscure scientific papers.
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October 12, 2017byElsa Panciroli
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Old Literature, New Discoveries: BHL Supports Cutting Edge Whale Research

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In the early 20th century, the British Colonial Office and the Discovery Committee of the British Government undertook a series of major investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Hemisphere.
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May 11, 2017byGrace Costantino
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True Detective: Frederick W. True’s lifelong dedication to uncovering the natural history of marine mammals

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This post is a guest post by John Ososky and Nick Pyenson, originally published on the Pyenson Lab blog.

The Smithsonian Field Book Project is showcasing Frederick William True in February!

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February 13, 2015byNicholas Pyenson and John Ososky
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Happy Birthday, Beatrix Potter! (A Book of the Week about Rabbits)

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In celebration of Beatrix Potter’s birthday on July 28th, 1866, today’s book of the week explores rabbits: The Rabbit, by James Edmund Harting, with a Chapter on Cookery, by Alexander Innes Shand.  This book was published in 1898 as part of the Fur, Feather and Fin Series, edited by A. E. T.

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July 25, 2013byLaurel Byrnes
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For the Love of Cats: Harrison Weir’s Extraordinary Dedication to the Cat

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Harrison Weir, President of the National Cat Club, Judge at the first cat show in London, and all-around cat lover and enthusiast. This book of the week, an 1889 work entitled, Our Cats and All About Them: Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, The Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir, F.R.H.S., was written by Harrison Weir, President of the National Cat Club which he formed in 1887. What is equally delightful to Weir’s loving descriptions of cats, their looks and their behavior, are his beautiful illustrations of cats throughout the book.

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July 18, 2013byLaurel Byrnes
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Say What?!

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Sometimes I come across items in the BHL collection that elicit an immediate response. In this case it was, “Look at all those ears!”

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February 21, 2013byBianca Crowley
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