natural history
noun
1
: a treatise on some aspect of nature
2
: the natural development of something (such as an organism or disease) over a period of time
3
: the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view
Examples of natural history in a Sentence
the natural history of bees
We went to the Natural History Museum.
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Dorsey Pictures and 2500 Media have teamed for Outdoor World, a VOD channel featuring over 1,500 episodes of hunting, fishing, self-defense and natural history programming from the Dorsey Pictures content library.
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Taken from different depths, the specimens were collected on 332 research voyages and acquired from 48 natural history museums, making the study the most comprehensive assessment of brittle star DNA to date.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025
The collections don't actually have much to do with that geologic epoch, channeling instead the private natural history collections that became common in the 16th century and the later emergence of public museums in the 19th century.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Park staff will discuss the habitats and natural history of venomous and non-venomous snakes.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Taken from different depths, the specimens were collected on 332 research voyages and acquired from 48 natural history museums, making the study the most comprehensive assessment of brittle star DNA to date.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025
The collections don't actually have much to do with that geologic epoch, channeling instead the private natural history collections that became common in the 16th century and the later emergence of public museums in the 19th century.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Park staff will discuss the habitats and natural history of venomous and non-venomous snakes.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
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“Natural history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20history. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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natural history
noun
: the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time
increasing knowledge of the natural histories of tumors—H. S. N. Greene
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