noun
Refers to the scientific study of organisms and natural objects, often in a museum or field-research context.
彼は自然史博物館で働いている。
He works at a natural history museum.
自然史の研究は生物学の基礎となった。
The study of natural history became the foundation of biology.
Compound of 自然 (しぜん, 'nature') and 史 (し, 'history'), a straightforward calque of the English term 'natural history'.