Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is one of the world's largest digital resources for biodiversity and natural history literature, providing access to centuries of scientific knowledge and discovery.

Published by the Natural History Museum as a core consortium member, this curated dataset contains only material confirmed to be in the public domain and excludes content with uncertain licensing status. This gives organisations confidence when working with the data for research, analysis and innovation.

The dataset supports a wide range of use cases including natural language processing, retrieval systems, AI model training, historical biodiversity research, taxonomy, knowledge graph development and digital scholarship.

For organisations seeking trusted, large-scale biodiversity literature, this product provides access to a uniquely valuable body of scientific knowledge.

Interested in exploring this collection further? Submit an enquiry to the Natural History Museum team to discuss your use case.