Her meticulous depictions of metamorphosis, as well as of the tropical flora and fauna of Suriname, caught the attention of the Royal Academy more than 250 years before the first woman was permitted ...

In the 17th century, it has been widely believed that insects were just spontaneously born of mud, dirt, or rotting flesh, but that notion has been changed to what we know today, thanks to Maria ...

Florencia Campetella, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, on Maria Sibylla Merian - 17th century entomologist, artist, naturalist and proto-ecologist Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt ...

Manga and Leco delve into the captivating tale of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717), a pioneering German illustrator and naturalist known for her adventurous spirit. Merian broke through the ...