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Mixed media painting of a Mandarin dragonet, Synchiropus splendidus

What do think is the most beautiful reef fish?
Starting February 22, I’ll be painting one reef fish per day for 100 days. I need your help with a prompt list. So far, I have 10 suggestions for ‘iconic’ reef fish, but I need 90 ideas. Reply to vote for ‘prettiest’ #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

Illustration depicting a pair of Polacanthus in a hypothetical mating posture

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Here is your look onto the possible romantic life of a pair of Polacanthus.

#dinosaurs #paleoart #sciart #happyvalentinesday

Two sculptures of Nannotyranus lancensis.

Nanotyrannus pile.
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaur

Awww. No worries, we're saving some boxes and crinkly paper. 😂

Anyway, go look through those if you're interested in doing something with glue, a printer, and a hobby knife. Lots of cool models, and you can see why I have a hard time just throwing them out.

Kooky Craftables

I've also made a lot of David Landis' Desktop Gremlins and other fun.

www.kookycraftables.com

Flying Pig is Rob Ives, who does great automata.

www.robives.com

This PaperPino model still works, too. Incredibly complicated build for me, I'm keeping it.

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Canon Creative Park Canon Inc. provides a wealth of free download materials on this site.The site is full of interesting content, like Paper Craft and Scrapbook, so you're sure to find something you like. Have fun printi...

Kind of a lot of my paper models come from here: creativepark.canon/en/index.html and from the Japanese version of the site. Others are from flying pig, paperpino, and an old Japanese site called Paper Museum.

I am motivated by the chance to adopt a new cat once we have a home that's safe for one to cause cat mischief in. 🤣

Some cleaning supplies, a couple of OTC meds, a minimal amount of food, mostly fresh veggies and fruits. It's cheaper when we're not buying food for a picky cat, alas. I have also sent my partner on a search for sweet tart jellybeans, because it's that time of year again.

They have various paper models, including Pteva the Flying Pterosaur, which I have built and which still works as of last night.

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I've decided to start some discourse. But at least it's ancient discourse you may not have seen yet.

Poe's Law? (Theory has long been yes.)

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small red vaguely bell-shaped flowers with translucent fused sepals of the species Florissantia quilchenensis face downwards towards the camera, the branch they're growing from is seen to the right while the leaves of the branch are behind the flowers. behind in the background is a blurry branch showing more flowers and leaves Florissantia quilchenensis is a species of Eocene, Canadian malvacean (mallow family) bisexual reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here I have reconstructed it as a tree similar to other plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae, of which it is nested in. it had an androgynophore with five petals fused into a corolla in alternation with the calyx, the style was longer than the stamens, there were five stamens that bifricated at their tips into two anthers giving it a total of ten anthers per flower, as mentioned previously the sepals of this plant were fused into the distinctive bell-shaped cup

at night after a brief shower of rain, an artificial light illuminates the branches of a tree showing very small pink flowers of the genus Lovellea, small blobs of water cling to the waxy cutiles of the leaves, another two blurry branches (though, without flowers) can be seen in the background Lovellea is a kind of small and basal laurale reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. Here i have reconstructed it after a more basal condition with a singular flower to each leaf growing from the axillary bud. the flower was shaped like a radially symmetrical pear with an opening at the top in which small pollinators could crawl in for pollination, the ovaries surrounded by a thick layer of overlapping tepals

a kritosaurin hadrosaur has plucked a branch off of a legume tree that's growing fruit of the species Leguminocarpum olmensis, the branches themselves are partially in fruit and partially in flower still kritosaurin hadrosaurs are a group of "duck billed" dinosaurs from Mexico with tall robust nasals but no nasal crests like those found in saurolophines Leguminocarpum olmensis is a species of Late Cretaceous, Mexican fabacean (bean family) fruit of uncertain taxonomic affinities to other fabaceans, and who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed it as a cercidoidean with racemose infloresence and alternate distichous bilobed leaves

tri-paired three follicles in the genus Sagaria are seen growing on a plant with two pink flowers below them, each internode grows from a three-lobed leaf's axillary bud. trichomes coat the entire plant, catching drops of water, a soft orange light glows behind the plant Sagaria is a genus of Albian, Italian ranunculacean (buttercup family) fruit who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed its flowers as closer to buttercups with six overlapping petals forming a cup-like shape and many anthers in its centre. follicles are a kind of fruit that splits down a central seam when ripe to release its seeds

this week's #Paleostream was a Valentine's Day special where we drew fossil angiosperms! this week we drew Florissantia (i drew F. quilchenensis), Lovellea, Leguminocarpum olmensis, and Sagaria #paleobotany #palaeobotany #paleoart #botany #sciart

Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.

Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.

Ammonites were abundant in the seas during the Jurassic Period. Ammonites are shelled cephalopods, a class of marine animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefishes and nautiluses. Ammonites have retractable tentacles for catching small prey, although some species filter-fed for small plankton.

Ammonites were abundant in the seas during the Jurassic Period. Ammonites are shelled cephalopods, a class of marine animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefishes and nautiluses. Ammonites have retractable tentacles for catching small prey, although some species filter-fed for small plankton.

A flower beetle in baltic amber. We hope to raise money for a museum microscope so kids can examine insect specimens like this one!

A flower beetle in baltic amber. We hope to raise money for a museum microscope so kids can examine insect specimens like this one!

Mopping will not happen today. To be fair, I did spend all of yesterday cleaning and organizing the laundry closet and doing laundry and scrubbing the bathroom. 🤷

I can't tell if this is me being manipulative to get approval or if I'm just chronically ill and doing my best. 🫠

Apologized to my partner for not, as I said I intended to try, cleaning out the cupboards under the sink. My partner said it was fine, no rush. I have now done it.

It's weird, I'm more likely to do shit if I tell my partner I won't get to it today. And even more likely when they say it's fine.

Chambered nautilus phragmocone, dorsal perspective. The outer wall is damaged, revealing hemispherical inner septa separating camerae, each with a small, calcified nozzle indicating the location of the siphuncle.

Chambered nautilus phragmocones in side view. The outer wall of the one on the left is damaged, revealing hemispherical inner septa separating camerae, although the siphuncle cannot be seen from this perspective. The living chamber is damaged but visible, revealing a pearly, nacreous luster. The one on the right is a fragmented partial phragmocone, damaged after an apparent attempt to cut a sagittal section. The logarithmic progression of hemispherical septa is clearly visible.

#MolluskMonday represents today with Nautilus, a modern chambered cephalopod. Like ammonites, nautiloids have an external conch and lived in the final chamber, using the camerae for floatation. However, ammonites were much more closely related to coleoids like Spirula, with its intenal conch. ⚒️🧪

A dancing frog surrounded by golden text. From top to bottom: Micrixalidae [Dancing Frogs] Found only in India Males wave their feet to claim territory Not much is known about them

Hoppy New Year: Dancing frogs are endemic to India's Western Ghats, an area of incredible biodiversity. Some scientists believe that there are still more species of dancing frog yet to be discovered there.
#hoppynewyear #micrixalidae #dancingfrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt

Mossy willows by a river

Mossy willows and the Dart river, at Huccaby last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #landscape #nature

A close-up, low-angle shot of delicate white snowdrops growing out of a vibrant, moss-covered woodland floor. The green stems and drooping, bell-shaped petals are backlit by soft, golden sunlight filtering through bare trees in the background. The glowing light creates a warm, hopeful, and magical atmosphere, contrasting beautifully with the earthy tones of the forest soil and the crisp white of the winter flowers.

Snowdrops in the Sun.

#photography #EastCoastKin #TeamPixel #Snowdrops #Kilmacurragh #Wicklow #Spring #IrishNature #Flora #Moss #smartphonephotography

A light green hump of moss covering a tree stump. Another small plant's leaves are growing through the moss.

Here's some Clatsop State Forest moss, near the Oregon coast.

closeup photograph of a chipmunk standing on a moss-covered log with their back facing the camera, head and tail pointed to the side. the background is blurry autumn leaves. by spacey3d

the rumours are true, I'm just a chipmunk photographer now ⭐

eastern chipmunk, 2025/9/22
pleasant valley, ma
#mammals #nature #photography

Moss growing on a juniper twisted trunk

Mossy Juniper in my yard.
#Greenmoss
#yardfuzz

Tōtara Matapouri Blue bonsai in training planted in a terracotta round pot with moss covered soil surface.

Tōtara Matapouri Blue bonsai in training.

Think the height on this could come down by about a quarter. Either bent and twisted or cut and regrown more compact.

🌱🇳🇿

A likely Ramaria stricta specimen found today at McCormick Forest Park. The fruiting body is mainly a light faintly lavender brown hue with light yellow tips. This is a focus stacked composite of 20 images.

I believe this to be a Ramaria stricta. Found today on our walk in the forest. Check out those yellow tips!
#FungiFriends #Fungi #MushroomMonday