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Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem.  A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.

Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname

Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology

Printed illustration of a flea.

Micrographia

Discovering a Hidden Universe and Creating Science

Drawing of a beaker, test tube, and plant within a circle

Experiment: Leaf Patches

What happens when leaves don’t have access to sunlight? Let’s do an experiment to find out!

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

How are artists inspired by nature? How do artists combine observation and imagination to create artwork? 

A skeleton and elephant viewed from the front. The background is of trees, shrubs, and rocks.

Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body

This collaborative effort between an anatomist and an artist revolutionized people’s understanding of the human body.