Biology can be divided
Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study of ultimate (evolutionary) causes, the subject of natural history. Ernst Mayr
Natural History
I believe that natural
I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. Ernest Thompson Seton
That\’s the way to
That’s the way to get young people. Once they see there are wonderful things to hunt for, to rediscover a species that was thought to be extinct or is extremely rare, to be the first to see a nest, to discover a new species unsuspected close to your home – these are things, I think, … Read more
The perfect woman is
The perfect woman is a higher type of humanity than the perfect man, and also something much rarer. The natural history of animals furnishes grounds in support of this theory. Friedrich Nietzsche
If I had a
If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history. Dominic Monaghan
For the best part
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children’s fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read … Read more
Rumour has it that
Rumour has it that the gardens of natural history museums are used for surreptitious burial of those intermediate forms between species which might disturb the orderly classifications of the taxonomist. David Lack
Prophetic of infidel times,
Prophetic of infidel times, and indicating the unsoundness of our general education, ‘The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation’, has started into public favour with a fair chance of poisoning the fountains of science, and sapping the foundations of religion. David Brewster
You can only get
You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That’s what natural history programmes should be for. David Attenborough
In the old days…
In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn’t have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn’t use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. David Attenborough