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Book of the Week: The Berry That Changed The World
It's been called the drink of civilization. The beverage that reflects the entire history of the Western world in one gulp. A small berry has sparked revolutions, genocide, imperialism, innovation--and...
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From BHL User to Virtual Reference Intern
Me and a new friend at the 2013 CBHL Meeting, MSU Children's Garden. Photo by Bill Musser.Like most people who go for a library science degree, I was a kid who loved libraries and books, often checking...
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John Cassin’s Vireos
It’s been going on for six weeks now, but these first days of September see the southbound migration of songbirds in full swing. And all up and down the east coast of North America, birders are taking...
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BHL's Summer Newsletter
BHL is pleased to announce that its Summer Newsletter is now available! As you're enjoying the final days of summer, check out our latest newsletter to catch up on all that we've accomplished in the...
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Book of the Week: Don't Tread On Me
Ophidiophobia is the irrational fear of snakes--those slithering, scaly reptiles that have been cast as the archetypal villain throughout history. Their unnatural movements and eerily flexible jaw...
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Book of the Week: The Curious Cures
Take two of these and call in the morning. Those aren't unusual words coming from a doctor if the "two of these" refers to some aspirin or Tylenol. It'd be a little more curious if the prescription...
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Stormy Waters, Venomous Snakes and a Cup of Coffee: My Experience as a BHL...
A blinking cursor on a blank screen. 137 million objects, 8.2 million digitized items, illustrations and photographs, artifacts and first editions, spanning 19 institutions, 9 research centers, and...
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Happy Butterfly and Hummingbird Day!
Butterflies are in the Papilionoidea superfamily.Who hasn’t seen the majestic beauty of a butterfly bouncing through the air or hummingbirds hovering near a feeder? If you haven’t you are surely...
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Book of the Week: Die Cephalopoden
This week we are celebrating cephlapods. Not sure what they are? Cephalopods are a group of exclusively marine mollusks that include squid, octopus and nautilus. They are closely related to snails,...
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GBIF Launches New Web Portal!
GBIF's new web portal: http://www.gbif.orgWe're very excited to share that yesterday, October 9, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) launched their new web portal as part of the 20th...
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Taxonomic research on Southeast Asian land snails
As part of our regular BHL and Our Users series, we’re pleased to introduce Barna Páll-Gergely, a PhD student in the Department of Biology at Shinshu University in Japan. Barna has had a lifelong...
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National Fossil Day : Eurypterus remipes
Do you know your state flower or bird? What about your state fossil? It is okay if you know the first two and not the third. Many don't know their state fossil. There's no better time to discover it...
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BHL at the Eighth Meeting of European Bird Curators
BHL recently participated in the 8th Meeting of European Bird Curators, held in Prague, October 3-5, 2013. Porphyrio poliocephalus. From: A history of the birds of Europe.London: Published by the...
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Book of the Week: Biologia Centrali-Americana : Reptilia and Batrachia
The total number of known amphibian species is approximately 7,000, of which nearly 90% are frogs. Image: Venture GalleriesMy first encounter with an amphibian was the all but loveable Kermit the frog...
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BHL at TDWG 2013 Annual Conference
The TDWG 2013 Annual Conference has kicked off in Florence, Italy and will run through November 1, 2013. We are very pleased to announce that BHL will be hosting a Symposium today, Monday, October 28,...
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Book of the Week: Wallace's Second Place Finish
History never looks too kindly on second place. Neil Armstrong rolls off the tongue as the first man to walk on the moon, but most people hesitate at Buzz Aldrin. Mack Robinson came from a famously...
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Global BHL partners present symposium "Crafting the Future of a Global...
Left to right: Martin Kalfatovic, Connie Rinaldo, Trish Rose-Sandler, Lucy Waruingi, William Ulate, Jiri Frank Six members of the Global BHL community participated in the symposium, "Crafting the...
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The Plants of Acadia National Park
As part of our regular BHL and Our Users series, we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Karen James, staff scientist at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL).Karen holds a PhD in genetics and has...
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Book of the Week: Parasites and parasitosis of the domestic animals : the...
Halloween has come and gone this year, but America’s interest in Zombies still lives on. Zombies are all the craze now on TV and in movies. You might be familiar with The Walking Dead, however there...
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BHL Book Highlights for International Rabbit Day
"Promoting the protection and care of rabbits, both domestic and wild," Saturday September 28 is International Rabbit Day and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the Leporidae than to...
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