Kitty

kittyfisher.bsky.social

11 October 2026 10:25

Although, it’s not as frustrating on mobile as the Biodiversity Heritage Library; I love and appreciate it but even look at the screen and pages jump around and you lose what you’re reading 😭

Min Chao

wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social

11 October 2026 10:25

A specimen was collected by Reverend Dr. Mackay in Tamsui (which encompassed Yangmingshan at that time), according to a 1909 paper by herpetologist Van Denburgh, who noted that his collector had also seen the lizards "at Takao sunning themselves on a stone wall." Takao is the old name for Kaohsiung.

Public Domain Image Archive

pdimagearchive.bsky.social

11 October 2026 10:24

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902). Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬ / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cc25142c-0024-492c-a65d-7b877859d436 #nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration

Public Domain Image Archive

pdimagearchive.bsky.social

11 October 2026 10:24

Filamentose Oxide of Copper (*Cuprum oxygenizatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/26493534-e867-4ff8-ac91-f7dcd4b17414 #minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy

Stephen Heard

stephenbheard.bsky.social

11 October 2026 10:24

I use the Biodiversity Heritage Library a LOT, and I love that it's free - but Rod points out that "free" and "sustainable" are hard to reconcile. I could get behind the "free quota, heavier users pay" model I think.