Google on Tuesday is noting the 366th anniversary of Maria Sibylla Merian’s birth with the gift of the Google Doodle. So what makes Merian special? Her work was a marriage of art and science in ...

Maria Sibylla Merian (also known as Maria Sybilla Merian) was well into her 50s when she set sail for South America. She spent two years studying wildlife in Surinam , and six plants, nine ...

It was silkworms that first captured 13–year–old Maria Sibylla Merian’s attention. She would later graduate to a wider set of creatures, watching caterpillars, pupae, butterflies, and moths ...

Scientists have only ever seen two Catasticta sibyllae, but DNA sequencing confirms that the butterfly is a new species. And now it's named for naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

In addition to the sculptures, the estate also has a special 300-year-old book on show. This is Maria Sibylla Merian's "Dissertation sur la génération et les transformations des insectes de Surinam," ...