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Dino Pulerà

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Scientific illustrator with special interests in comparative anatomy, palaeontology, osteology and natural history. Commissions dpulera@rogers.com

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I had my students recreate an old master carbon dust illustration. I copied this surgical illustration originally created by Russell Drake in 1931 as a demo for my carbon dust course offered by the @lymeartassocation Natural Science Illustration Program. #SciArt, #MedArt  #CarbonDust

07.11.2025 14:13 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Halloween! To get into the Halloween spirit, I created this warty pumpkin illustration as a demo for my carbon dust course offered by the Lyme Art Association Natural Science Illustration Program. #SciArt, #NaturalScienceIllustration #CarbonDust

31.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s Reptile Awareness Day! An annual day dedicated to raising public awareness about the importance of reptiles, which includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, and turtles, to promote their importance and conservation.
#sciart, #reptile, #ReptileAwarenessDay #anatomy

21.10.2025 13:13 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for your kind words.

16.10.2025 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy [belated] National Fossil Day! Before CT scanning and photogrammetry, fossil were hand drawn like this series of traditional carbon dust illustrations. I miss those days. Photos of my illustrations alongside the actual fossils #NationalFossilDay, #SciArt, #PaleoArt, #paleontology, #CarbonDust

16.10.2025 09:59 — 👍 36    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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It’s #WorldAnatomyDay today. Here’s an illustration depicting the anatomy of antlers. Fall is deer breeding season which is a time when antlers harden for buck’s to use in fighting and establishing dominance. #WorldAnatomyDay, #anatomy, #SciArt, #antler #deer

15.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 213    🔁 80    💬 2    📌 2
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One week until my carbon dust course starts. There are still some spots available. This technique combines drawing and ‘painting’ using a dry brush to apply layers of ground dust to achieve realistic 3D illustrations. #SciArt, #NaturalScienceIllustration #CarbonDust

10.10.2025 13:49 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Cassowaries Have Their Day! World Cassowary Day draws attention and awareness about these amazing large flightless birds from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and NE Australia. Here’s the skull of a Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius). #SciArt #SciComm #cassowary, #WorldCassowaryDay, #skull

26.09.2025 13:16 — 👍 72    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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Today is World Rhino Day!

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of all rhinos. They are also one of the rarest and most endangered mammals in the world with fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild.

 #rhino, #sciart, #WorldRhinoDay, #scientificillustration

22.09.2025 13:01 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy National Dog Day!
With my upcoming vertebrate anatomy course in a few weeks, what better way to promote two things at once. Here’s the skeletal anatomy of a typical canine.

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#SciArt, #AnimalAnatomy, #NationalDogDay

26.08.2025 13:24 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m excited about teaching an online carbon dust course this Fall for the Lyme Art Association's Natural Science Illustration Program. Learn this century old technique which can be used to depict many natural science subjects.

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#SciArt, #CarbonDust

21.08.2025 13:27 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy World Lizard Day!

Celebrating #WorldLizardDay with an excerpt from my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates, currently being updated to a 4th edition with more reptilian content ... stay tuned.

#sciart, #skull, #ComparativeAnatomy, #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy

www.elsevier.com/books/the-di...

14.08.2025 12:09 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Today is International Armadillo Day! Even these amazing mammals share similar bones with humans, their specialized forelimbs have evolved for digging.
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy

13.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 140    🔁 23    💬 0    📌 2
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I’m excited about teaching an online vertebrate anatomy course this Fall offered by the @yalepeabody . Students will study, compare and sketch the skeletons and superficial muscles of various vertebrates.
#SciArt, #VertebrateAnatomy, #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy

11.08.2025 16:22 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy World Lion Day!

This annual event not only celebrates the most majestic of the big cats but also aims to raise awareness of the challenges that this vulnerable species faces and to gather support for their conservation
#SciArt, #ScientificIllustration, #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy, #WorldLionDay

10.08.2025 13:26 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
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Happy World Whale and Dolphin Day! Today celebrates and honours these marvellous marine mammals. Here are some ‘cool’ evolutionary adaptations that help a bowhead whale survive and thrive in polar environments.
#WorldWhaleandDolphinDay, #SciArt, #whale, #cetacean

23.07.2025 12:34 — 👍 45    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy World Snake Day!

This day is dedicate to raising awareness of the beauty, diversity, and ecological value of these amazing and often misunderstood reptiles.

Here’s the skull of a python created for my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates.

#snake #SciArt #WorldSnakeDay #skull

16.07.2025 12:50 — 👍 38    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy World Giraffe Day!

The giraffe’s icon long neck has evolved in tandem with its heart to create a powerful organ that generates enough pressure to pump blood to its brain.

#WGD #Giraffe  #SciArt, #ScientificIllustration,  #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy, #WorldGiraffeDay

21.06.2025 14:03 — 👍 37    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

thanks Dave!

17.06.2025 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today is World Crocodile Day! Bringing attention and awareness about these amazing reptiles and their relatives alligators, caiman, gharials. This skull of an American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) was created for my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates
#sciart, #WorldCrocodileDay #anatomy

17.06.2025 18:10 — 👍 59    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 2
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Today is Dinosaur Day! 
This day is dedicated to celebrating dinosaurs, paleontology, and the ancient natural history of our planet

#SciArt #PaleoArt #DinosaurDay #dinosaur #paleontology

01.06.2025 13:57 — 👍 165    🔁 26    💬 1    📌 0
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It’s World Turtle Day! Here’s the skull of a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). These prehistoric-looking freshwater turtles live in Canada and the U.S. Snapping turtles are omnivorous but they are also scavengers and active hunters
#sciart, #turtle, #worldturtleDay #anatomy

23.05.2025 13:35 — 👍 43    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Spotted in the wild! While I was creating this Great White Shark illustration for BioRender, I wondered how it would be used in the future. It’s great to see it in a peer-reviewed publication. This interesting research quantifies growth changes in white sharks to aid in their conservation.
#SciArt

20.05.2025 13:18 — 👍 34    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy 573rd Birthday Leonardo!

Leonardo is one of my heroes for many reasons but especially for his medical and scientific illustrations. If published during his lifetime or shortly thereafter, instead of in the late 1800s, his anatomical works would have advanced medicine by a couple of centuries.

15.04.2025 13:12 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy International Beaver Day.
#InternationslBeaverlDay #SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm #anatomy #AnimalAnatomy #skull

This illustration was created for my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates. The fourth edition, which is currently in the works, will have many updates and plenty of new content.

07.04.2025 13:08 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Today is World Aquatic Animal Day! Celebrate the aquatic animals that live in the seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds

#WorldAquaticAnimalDay #SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm

03.04.2025 13:20 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Mixed media study sketch of walrus forelimb bones in preparation for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for Yale Peabody Museum Natural Science Illustration Program
More course offerings:
peabody.yale.edu/education/ad...
www.ctnsi.com
#SciArt #anatomy #VertebrateAnatomy #SciComm #VizSciComm

24.03.2025 13:07 — 👍 32    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Emily! And thanks for the referral!

20.03.2025 20:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy First Day of Spring! This is great timing to share a recent illustration I created for the Atlantic Salmon Federation. This was a rare opportunity for me to work on a fun editorial scientific illustration for the Spring issue of Atlantic Salmon Journal.
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm

20.03.2025 13:15 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Creating a sample assignment illustration for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for the Yale Peabody Museum Natural Science Illustration Program.
Check out the program and course offerings:
peabody.yale.edu/education/ad...
www.ctnsi.com
#SciArt, #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy

17.03.2025 13:10 — 👍 42    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

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