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 ...

An exhibit shows how the 17th century artist's work advanced the study of entomology. At the Getty Center: 'Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters' - Los Angeles Times ...

Later, she studied the lifecycle of a butterfly and released the book with sketches and illustrations of various species and the plants they feed on. Merian had two daughters and was divorced in 1692.

Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt in 1647 as the daughter of Matthaeus Merian, ... The book caused a sensation across Europe. Merian was one of the first to depict the life cycles of insects ...

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 ...

A Google doodle is today marking the 366th anniversary of the birth of Maria Sibylla Merian, German naturalist and scientific illustrator. By James Lachno 02 April 2013 • 9:30am A Google doodle ...

New butterfly named for pioneering 17th-century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 12 / 181205133918.htm ...

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 ...

German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian has been honoured with a Google doodle today. On what would have been her 366th birthday, the search engine logo has been ...

Maria Sibylla Merian mentions that she receives help all the time, but doesn’t give names. Some people say: ‘Well, she doesn’t even give the name of her own daughter in the book!’” ...