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#OTD in 1784 William Yarrell was born. Perhaps best known for his two volume 'A History of British Fishes'' published in 1836, we have original illustrations by Yarrell, believed to have been created in preparation for this work in our archive @thembauk.bsky.social
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it's #WorldOtterDay so we’ve picked two titles from our collection celebrating these otter-ly amazing mammals
BL.95/C: The Natural History of Otters, Chanin, P. 1985
BL.95/V The Community Ecology of Sea Otters, VanBlaricom, G.R. and Estes, J.A. 1988
#OTD in 1907 Rachel Carson was born
We are priveleged to have a number of her publications in our collection but we're particularly drawn to of an edition of 'The Sea Around Us' recently donated to the library
📷BE.1/C Frank Allen Library
It's #InternationalArchivesDay so to celebrate we've picked out some #EYAColourful illustrations from our collection
📷 PST23 - TA Stephenson, PYA1 - William Yarrell, PSX1-2 Elsie Sexton, PRN1 - Sir John Richardson
Happy #WorldOceanDay 🐳🦈
World Ocean Day celebrates the research and stories that deepen our connection to the sea. From whales and shells to historic voyages and ocean ecosystems, our collection explores the stories shaping ocean research
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Good afternoon to everyone, but especially to all the otters, for today is their special day!
To celebrate World Otter Day, here is an engraving of an otter from the book 'The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood.
📷🦦 Reserve 590.2/WOO
#WorldOtterDay #OtterDay #Otters #RareBooks
The theme for #WorldOceanDay 2026 is "Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet"
We share an image of the Oceanography Research vessel, 1970: buff.ly/DwTDcm3 @noc.ac.uk
Every day is World Ocean Day to us. Happy World Ocean Day to the Ocean - huge fan of your work.
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