Editing Natural history (section)

==Societies==
[[File:Szczecin pomnik Jana Czekanowskiego.jpg|thumb|left|The monument of [[Jan Czekanowski]], a president of [[Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists]] (1923–1924), in [[Szczecin]], Poland]]

The term "natural history" alone, or sometimes together with archaeology, forms the name of many national, regional, and local natural history societies that maintain records for [[animal]]s (including [[birds]] (ornithology), [[insect]]s ([[entomology]]) and [[mammal]]s (mammalogy)), [[fungi]] ([[mycology]]), plants (botany), and other organisms. They may also have [[geological]] and [[microscope|microscopical]] sections.

Examples of these societies in Britain include the [[Natural History Society of Northumbria]] founded in 1829, London Natural History Society (1858), [[Birmingham Natural History Society]] (1859), [[British Entomological and Natural History Society]] founded in 1872, [[Glasgow]] Natural History Society, [[Manchester]] Microscopical and Natural History Society established in 1880, Whitby Naturalists' Club founded in 1913,<ref name="whitbynaturalistsclub">{{cite web |url=http://www.whitbynaturalists.co.uk/ |title=Whitby Naturalists' Club |publisher=whitbynaturalists.co.uk |access-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070550/http://www.whitbynaturalists.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Scarborough Field Naturalists' Society and the Sorby Natural History Society, [[Sheffield]], founded in 1918.<ref name="WMBC-Oldest">{{cite web|url=http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/club/older|title=Older Organisations|last=Mabbett|first=Andy|date=20 November 2010|publisher=[[West Midland Bird Club]]|access-date=11 February 2015|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523040849/http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/club/older |archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> The growth of natural history societies was also spurred due to the growth of British colonies in tropical regions with numerous new species to be discovered. Many [[civil servants]] took an interest in their new surroundings, sending specimens back to museums in the [[UK|Britain]]. (See also: [[Indian natural history]])

Societies in other countries include the [[American Society of Naturalists]] and [[Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists]].

Professional societies have recognized the importance of natural history and have initiated new sections in their journals specifically for natural history observations to support the discipline. These include "Natural History Field Notes" of ''[[Biotropica]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Powers |first1=Jennifer S. |last2=Carlo |first2=Tomás A. |last3=Slade |first3=Eleanor M. |last4=Slik |first4=Ferry |date=2021 |title=Biotropica announces a new paper category: Natural History Field Notes |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12944 |journal=Biotropica |language=en |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=352–353 |doi=10.1111/btp.12944 |bibcode=2021Biotr..53..352P |issn=0006-3606}}</ref> "The Scientific Naturalist" of [https://www.esa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ESA-Scientific-Naturalist-Guidelines.pdf ''Ecology''], "From the Field" of [[Waterbirds (journal)|''Waterbirds'']],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sundar |first=K. S. Gopi |date=2022 |title=Editorial: Transitioning Editorial Boards Through a Global Pandemic |url=https://doi.org/10.1675/063.045.0101 |journal=Waterbirds |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=i–iii |doi=10.1675/063.045.0101 |issn=1524-4695}}</ref> and the "Natural History Miscellany section" of the [https://www.amnat.org/announcements/CallNHM.html ''American Naturalist''].