This day-to-day calendar celebrates the world's diverse creatures, with spectacular illustrations from the American Museum of Natural History's rare collections library. Inside the American Museum of Natural History is an eight-story library—one of the largest natural-science libraries in the Western Hemisphere—that contains nearly half a million volumes of illuminated monographs, pamphlets, reprints, and original rare books. Some of the most striking images from that collection are featured in this day-to-day calendar filled with colorful, beautifully rendered images from the animal kingdom—from iridescent insects, extraordinary birds, and majestic mammals to stunning sea creatures. With tear-off pages, day and date reference on every page, major and national holidays, and combined weekend pages, it is the ideal desktop accessory for natural science and art lovers alike.