The Mastodon giganteus of North America
High res version available at 1507 x 1068 pixels on Flickr
Free archival images to use on your creative projects
If you’re an artist, designer, teacher or professor that uses photos and illustrations of animals, nature and science then you’ll love exploring the free archival images made available through the hard work of The Biodiversity Heritage Library (and the generosity of its donors).
Here’s the simple yet noble vision the Biodiversity Heritage Library has for their site “Inspiring discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge.”
I discovered. I was inspired.
At the time of writing there’s almost 90,000 free archival images you can use via the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Flickr Photostream.
It’s also worth browsing their Flickr Sets which groups free archival images into topics as diverse as A History of Scandinavian Fishes to Extinct Birds and our old friend The Dodo.
Here’s some of our favourites so far:
Trinchese e Belloncidis
Nope, no idea what this is either.
Simia Cycocephalus
A side on portrait? No problem.
Le Galeopitheque
I climbed to the top. Now I’m here.
Sea mammals
So do we.
You’re not restricted to illustrations either. There’s some lovely photographs in sets like The Human Side of Animals and Cassell’s Natural History.
Chimpanzee from Cassell’s Natural History
High res image available on Flickr (1976px x 2813px)
Two pals
A good note to end on.
Biodiversity Heritage Library Online
For more information about natural history images or donating to the Biodiversity Heritage Library check below.
