Natural history is the study of animals and plants and other living things. Schools regularly bring children to the beach for natural history lessons. the study of plants, animals, and minerals
An obsolescent term: the non-systematic study, description, and classification of animals, plants, minerals, and other natural objects: zoology, botany, mineralogy; with emphasis on study in the field rather than the lab It is not usually applied to astronomy, physics, chemistry
branch of knowledge embracing the study, description, and classification of natural objects