How to Use natural history in a Sentence

natural history

noun
  • We went to the Natural History Museum.
  • Signs along the loop trail note the natural history of trees in the area.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 May 2018
  • Hit the trails at night and enjoy the full moon and natural history readings.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • This is why a lot of their natural history is cloudy, even to scientists.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
  • So there would be a whole room of biographies or natural history.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Was that to fill the gap in your portfolio, which has been lacking natural history for some time?
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Stroll through the natural history exhibit that explains how the lake and dunes came to be.
    — Joanne Cleaver, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • Guides lead guests on an up-close tour while pointing out the area's sights, animals and natural history.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 1 Jan. 2023
  • To start, check out these six reasons to fall in love with Arizona’s natural history.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Gotta love natural history, the dinos.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Guests get personal wildlife and natural history tours and gourmet meals prepared by a private chef.
    — Nina Sovich, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • And then of course, in natural history the great influence of mine was my friend Steve Pyne.
    — Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
  • Park staff will discuss the habitats and natural history of venomous and non-venomous snakes.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
  • Get sloppy with the chisel and a few priceless eons of natural history could crumble under your work gloves.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, more than half of the specimens used in this study are held in a number of natural history museums around the world.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • As this natural history points out, birds are dinosaurs—the only ones who survived the last extinction event.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • His studio is a blend of art and photographic gallery with a dash of natural history museum.
    — Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • The Bald Eagle is the rare natural history that plays as a comedy.
    — Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Should museums of natural history belong on this list?
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Exhibits also cover pirates and the natural history of the area.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • For practically all of natural history, the night sky was pristine.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Santa Barbara is home to all kinds of museums—from art and science to natural history and heritage sites.
    — Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Around the same time, the Public Health Service launched an effort to record the natural history of syphilis.
    — Talia Herman, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The virtual program is part of the museum’s speaker series on the natural history of wine, beer and spirits.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As the tally of missing skins mounted, so did the scale of the Tring staff’s sense of failure as custodians of natural history.
    — Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The natural history museum plans to reopen July 1, with new measures in place meant to keep staff and patrons safe.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 12 June 2020
  • Editing the self This is a natural history of painting, but also a natural history of the self.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • The researchers are moving the finds to the natural history museum, where they will be analyzed, restored and preserved.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Stephen Fry hosts a four-part natural history series tracing the dawn of the dinosaurs to their eventual extinction.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Here’s word on the latest natural history series out of North America.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025

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