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Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) illustration. Prismacolor on black Canson charcoal paper.

Finally finished this huge Shortfin Mako Shark!!

It's based on a photo from the talented Lauren Romeiro.

Prismacolor pencils on black Canson charcoal paper. 🦈💙🤙

#shark #sharkweek2025 #mako #illustration #animalart #fishart #blackpaperart #marinelife #sciart #nature #ArtYear #art #bskyart

Sarah holds up 3 brochures about insects. One says why we need insects and other invertebrates, one says firefly conservation, the third says xkids incredible invertebrates and it’s a whole coloring and activity book

Restocked the science library with a bunch of insect conservation material thanks to @xercessociety.bsky.social that I picked up at @acadnatsci.bsky.social’s Bugfest yesterday!

An alligator's head emerges from the water by Gerald Cannon An alligator's head emerges from the water Photograph by Gerald Cannon

See you later, alligator
In a while, crocodile
Give a hug, ladybug
Blow a kiss, jellyfish
See you soon, big baboon
Out the door, dinosaur
Take care, polar bear
Wave goodbye, butterfly
#herps #reptile #wildlife #nature fineartamerica.com/featured/an-...

Press Release: Rare Gecko Species Rediscovered in Galapagos Following Island Restoration Success - Island Conservation A species once thought extinct just made its comeback. The Leaf-toed Gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos, and a study just published in PLOS ONE confirms what our team has wi...

Celebrate every win! Especially when it's cute geckos.

#conservation #gecko #nature #galapagos #herpetology

www.islandconservation.org/rare-gecko-s...

A red panda (Ailurus fulgens) looking like it’s about to nom on some leaves growing from the tree it is climbing. It’s positioned behind the leaves with a tree branch going up and out of the left frame. The panda’s face has those iconic raccoon-like markings in black, white and orange. We can see their soft left ear.

Happy Saturday
Red #panda - Ailurus fulgens
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 5-24-25) 🐼🦝🦊 #photography #animal #nature #mammal #zoo #cincyzoopic

A driftwood log is washed up on a sandy beach. The underside of the log is covered with pelagic gooseneck barnacles”stalked” barnacles, attached by a fleshy peduncle to the log. The spade-shaped body of each barnacle is surrounded by calcareous plates. The barnacles exposed to the sun are drying and falling apart; their plates litter the sand beneath the log.

A close-up of some of the barnacles. The ones in the shade are in much better condition.

Clues to an ocean journey: the underside of this driftwood log is covered with pelagic, “stalked” gooseneck barnacles. They live their entire lives offshore, attaching as adults to floating objects. A dense aggregation like this would likely take months to form. #Lepas #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🌊🦑

A planted scene featuring two black-and-white warbler on a stump. One warbler has a snail in its beak as the other looks at a soon to be eaten parasitized snail. Healthy snails are at the base eating bird poop.

For an assignment to show a “special view” of a natural process and in this case, I wanted to show an implied lifecycle of Leucochloridium variae as it cycles between two hosts: a black-and-white warbler and amber oval snails #gouache #Sciart

River Otters came racing down some grass and sand into the lagoon in my neighborhood several days ago. There was a mom and 3 cubs and they swam and ran around for several minutes before returning to San Francisco Bay. 📷

#nature #videos #eastcoastkin

a canva graphic that says "How it works Step 1: Go to SkypeAScientist.com Step 2: Click “Sign Up” then “Scientist Sign Up Form” Step 3: Tell us about yourself Step 4: Get matched with a classroom Step 5: Connect with the teacher Step 6: Make a kid’s day isn't that great? @SkypeAScientist"

Scientists!

@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!

We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15

If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

While tracking juvenile Blanding’s Turtles with Lindsay Charlop from The Wetland Trust, Kiley snapped this shot of one poking its face through a layer of duckweed and watermeal.

#OrianneSociety #Turtle #BlandingsTurtle #Emydoideablandingii #Wildlife #Conservation

A montage of nature I have painted over the years:

A light blue graphic titled “Insights” shows the findings of this anthropological research study, with a trio of fish floating atop a few strands of eelgrass on the bottom border. Text overlay reads: - *Demonstrates sophisticated Indigenous knowledge of eelgrass meadows* - *Identified several new fish species used in Wiyot aquaculture* - *Highlights the importance of combining multiple research methods*

Final graphic includes a QR code leading to the anthropology publication about eelgrass meadows, with credit to the creatives who made the graphical abstract. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106267

The paper, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science and free to the public, can be read at bit.ly/4mpIanH

An illustrated scene shows a trio of three diverse fish species, swimming amid a murky bed of eelgrass. Text overlay reads “Unearthing the Secrets of Eelgrass Meadows with Indigenous Science & Biodiversity Research”

Those endless waves of seagrass that cover the California coast might appear unremarkable—but they’re bastions of biodiversity that have both supported Indigenous culture and flourished under Native stewardship for centuries.

No more endless academic paper searches! Writing a research paper used to take weeks. With tlooto AI, you can go from a rough idea to a structure draft -- in just 3 minutes.

"With [some AI bullshit] you can go from a rough idea to a structured draft — in just 3 minutes"

We're so cooked.

Reticulated python figurine.

Reticulated python figurine.

Reticulated python figurine.

Reticulated python figurine.

Here they are in all their sunshine glory!

#herps #sciart

Composite showing two Zebra Sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum). The top is a pup and the bottom is an adult.

I did the top illustration to show why the Zebra Shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) got its name. But, as the sharks get older, their appearance is more like a leopard as in my bottom illustration. 🦈🤙

#shark #AnimalArtTuesday #marinelife #sciart #animal #animalart #nature #fish #fishart #ArtYear #art

After a decade of devastation — and a decade of research — ecologists have finally identified what seems to be causing sea star wasting disease.

Illustration of a female Yellow-breasted Greenfinch in flight with a whole load of seeds in her mouth to bring back to the nest. As she flies, she loses some, which fall toward the viewer, getting slightly larger in our perspective. The background is an array of flowers wilting and going to seed - some purple asters plus lots of delicate seed pods on thin stalks.

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, from the Flight expansion of Nature! It's so great to see this game making its way into so many hands! @northstargames.bsky.social 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt

Baby Goose Abandoned by Its Parents Learns to Be a Tall Bird After Finding an 'Unexpected Family' with 3 Cranes A baby Canada goose abandoned as an egg found an 'unexpected family' with a pair of Sandhill cranes, and their colt, in Madison, Wis., in the spring of 2025. Madison-based photographer Alan Ginsberg h...

Anyway the photos are precious, blended bird families are the best, this is surprisingly great scicomm from People magazine, and this is the kind of story I needed today: people.com/crane-family...

Thank you! 🦊

Sketch of a horse skull done for study

Sketch of a fox looking down

Some recent sketches

#sciart #fox #horse #skull #sketches #digitalart

Sketch of a horse skull done for study

Sketch of a fox looking down

Some recent sketches

#sciart #fox #horse #skull #sketches #digitalart

Illustration of a landscape featuring pine trees in the foreground, a lake in the midground, and forested mountains in the background. The sky is blue and yellow, which we see reflected in the lake, the lighting looks like late afternoon. We see squirrels, a soaring eagle, and a small bear on a distant shore

Illustration of a big ol alligator hanging out on the bank of a river surrounded by plants

Illustration of smokey mariposa lily, white flowers with purple-rimmed yellow centers

Multi-panel illustration showing rodent reproduction and population in different ecological conditions

I truly get so excited any time I have the chance to do some science communication, collab with a scientist, or any sort of nature + conservation work

If you have a science-y project or just want to commission a ‘lil animal drawing, you know where to find me 🌿 🐡

Detailed illustration, in side view, of a colorful Queen Angelfish.

Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris), of the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, and U.S. southeastern coast from the Florida Keys north to South Carolina.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #MedicalIllustration #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm

Oil painting of a group of scalloped hammerhead sharks. A coral reef is below and a canoe with a paddle is above. A shark calling tool used in Papua New Guinea is dangling off the side of the boat. Metallic concentric ring coming off the eyes of the closest hammerheads show electroreception.

Sharks use electroreceptors to help them navigate and find prey.

From my Fortunes of the Bismarck Sea series, 36” x 24”, Oil and synthetic mica on canvas

This painting was made possible by a grant from Pardicolor.

#sharks 🦑 🐡 #hammerhead
#wildlifeart #oilpainting #coralreef #papuanewguinea

Last call! Tonight is the deadline to enter the inaugural American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition, highlighting wildlife from anywhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina. More info in thread. #SciArt

artist.callforentry.org/festivals_un...

Call to action 👇 🐟 🦑

Hand embroidered cooked lobster claws on a bright turquoise blue fabric

Day two of National Marine Week.
"Cooked 1"
Lobster hand embroidered thread painting artwork.
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #embroidery #ArtYear

Closeup of Mr Cardinal eating breakfast on birdcam.

#birds

A work-in-progress photo showing a black Spanish bull made in colored pencils using only a grey palette.

A closeup of the black bull drawing showing the eye and some of the pencils I used, which belong to the warm grey Polychromos series by Faber Castell.

Some more progress on my black and white colored pencil drawing of a Spanish bull. Do you guys like this technique or prefer classic graphite?
#art #animalart #coloredpencil #wip #sciart #bull #toro