langs: 24 декабря [ru] / december 24 [en] / 24. dezember [de] / 24 décembre [fr] / 24 dicembre [it] / 24 de diciembre [es]
days: december 21 / december 22 / december 23 / december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27
As of August 8th of the year 2022, there were 252 living individuals of the critically endangered kākāpō , a large, flightless parrot native to New Zealand . Every known living kākāpō, except some young chicks, has been given a name by officials of the Kākāpō Recovery Programme . Many of the older b
Torreya taxifolia , commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar , but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood , is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family , Taxaceae . It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region
General William Munro (1818–1880) was a senior English Army officer and plant collector, botanist and agrostologist (specialist on grasses). His botanical works included Hortus Bangalorensis and Hortus Agrensis . William Munro Born 1818 Druid Stoke, Gloucestershire Died 29 January 1880 (1880-01-29)
Thomas Wrench Naylor Beckett (24 July 1839 Liverpool – 5 December 1906 "Elbedde", Fendalton ) was an English-born coffee and tea planter in Ceylon and a noted botanist and bryologist, who collected specimens there and in the north-western Himalaya between 1882 and c.1900. He did not publish any acco
#3 Clara Pope
Clara Maria Leigh or Clara Maria Pope (c.1767 – 24 December 1838) was a British painter and botanical artist. Illustration of camellias by Clara Maria Pope for Samuel Curtis's Monograph on the Genus Camellia , c. 1819. British artist (c. 1767–1838) Clara Maria Pope Clara Pope Wheatley Born Clara Mar
Augustus Fendler (January 10, 1813 – November 27, 1883), alternatively written as August Fendler , was a Prussian -born American natural history collector. [1] American natural history collector (1813-1883) Augustus Fendler Portrait of Augustus Fendler, ca. 1860 Born January 10, 1813 Gumbinnen , Eas
Vernon Hilton Heywood (born 24 December 1927 - died 2022 [1] ) was a British biologist. He specialised in medicinal and aromatic plants, and the conservation of wild relatives of plants. British botanist (1927–2022) Vernon Heywood in 2006 Heywood was appointed as lecturer at University of Liverpool,
Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (24 December 1791, Hamburg – 18 February 1875, Kiel ) was a German botanist . He was son-in-law to chemist Christoph Heinrich Pfaff (1773–1852). German botanist (1791–1875) After duties as a pharmacy apprentice in Goslar , he studied medicine at the University of Göttingen . Wh
Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist that specialized in mosses , ferns , and various spermatophytes . He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfin
Antoni Lukianowicz Andrzejowski (also Anton and Andrzeiovski, Andrzeiowski, Andrzeiowsky, Russian : Антон Лукьянович Андржейовский , Anton Lukjanowitsch Andrschejowski) was a Russian-Polish botanist, zoologist and paleontologist. He also used the pseudonym Stary Detiuk, meaning "old Detiuk". The sta
#9 Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher
Jacob Cornelis Matthieu ( J. C. M. ) Radermacher (1741 – 24 December 1783) was a Dutch botanist and author. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2013 ) A portrait of Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher was born in The Hague , Holland . He was an officer of the Dutch
#10 Martin Vahl
Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist , herbalist and zoologist . [2] Danish-Norwegian botanist (1749–1804) Martin Henrichsen Vahl [1] Born ( 1749-10-10 ) 10 October 1749 Bergen , Norway Died 24 December 1804 (1804-12-24) (aged 55) Copenhagen ,
Wilhelm Mönkemeyer (24 December 1862, in Stadtoldendorf – 1 March 1938, in Leipzig ) was a German bryologist . German bryologist (1862–1938) In 1883–85 he worked as a botanical collector in tropical Africa (present-day Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon and Nigeria ). [1] [2] In 1887 he began work as
#12 George Henry Hamilton Tate
George Henry Hamilton Tate (April 30, 1894 – December 24, 1953) was a British-born American zoologist and botanist , who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City . In his lifetime he wrote several books on subjects such as the South American mouse opossums
Jan Valckenier Suringar (24 December 1864, in Leiden – 17 October 1932) was a Dutch botanist . His surname is spelled "Valckenier Suringar" with the name "Valckenier" being his mother's maiden name . [1] He was the son of botanist Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar 1832–1898. Dutch botanist From 1896
Richard Brinsley Hinds FRCS (11 October 1811, Aldermaston , England – 25 May 1846, Swan River , Western Australia) was a British naval surgeon , botanist and malacologist . He sailed on the 1835–42 voyage by HMS Sulphur to explore the Pacific Ocean, and edited the natural history reports of that e
#15 Alphonse Boistel
Alphonse Barthélémy Martin Boistel (24 December 1836, Paris – 21 September 1908) was a French law professor, who performed research in the fields of geology and lichenology . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (January 2012) Click [show] for
Philip Furley Fyson (1877–1947) was a botanist and educator who worked in India . He is noted as the author of the first illustrated volumes on the flora of the South Indian hills . The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency College, Chennai for work in the area of Natural science
#17 John Hutchinson (botanist)
John Hutchinson , OBE , FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London ) was an English botanist , taxonomist and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] English botanist and taxonomist (1884-1972) John Hutchinson Born ( 1884-04-07 ) 7 April 1884 Wark on Tyne , Northumberland Died 2 September
#18 Tom Petch
Thomas Petch (born Hornsea , Yorkshire , 11 March 1870; died King's Lynn , Norfolk , 24 December 1948) was a prolific English mycologist and plant pathologist best remembered for his work on the interaction between fungi and insects . English mycologist and plant pathologist (1870–1948) Thomas Petch
John Gabriel Stedman (1744 – 7 March 1797) was a Dutch-born Scottish soldier who wrote The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam (1796). This narrative covers his years in Suriname as a soldier in the Dutch military deployed to assist local troops fighting agai
#20 Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit
Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit (1940, in Ferreries – 1991, in Barcelona ) was a biologist , ecologist and botanist from Menorca , who worked mainly in Barcelona . [1] In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is i Florit . Doctor Maria Ànge
L'Oceanogràfic ( Valencian: [loseˌanoˈɣɾafik] ; Spanish : El Oceanográfico [el oˌθe.anoˈɣɾafiko] , "The Oceanographic") is an oceanarium situated on the dry Turia River bed to the southeast of the city center of Valencia, Spain , where different marine habitats are represented. It was designed by
Clearwater Marine Aquarium is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, [2] [3] and aquarium in Clearwater, Florida . It is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of sick and injured marine animals, public education, conservation, and research. This article needs additional citations for ver
A number of orcas , also called killer whales, are held in captivity by humans for breeding or performance purposes. The practice of capturing and displaying orcas in exhibitions began in the 1960s, and they soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their int
The Potter Park Zoo is a 102-acre (41.3 ha) zoo located in Lansing, Michigan , within Lansing's Potter Park . Its mission is to Inspire people to conserve animals in the natural world. Potter Park Zoo is the oldest public zoo in Michigan and is currently home to over 160 species of animals. [2] Th