Guancho

Leptictidium

Mesopanorpa from middle Jurassic china

A composite image of parrots calling each other on tablets. Image from Kleinberger et al., 2023.

Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit.

The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜

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Typothorax moving along

Swim swim my darlings! the devonian fishies of Canowindra

5 things you can do if you’re pissed off about the latest Trump EO Donald Trump opened an area of about 250 million acres of protected American waters to industrial fishing fleets on Thursday.  This sets a very dangerous precedent that our public lands and wa…

Trump opened up about 84% of the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument industrial fishing

That's about 1/3 of all protected waters in the entire country

Here are some things you can do to express your displeasure

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Skeletal used by @lancianidolatry.bsky.social

Adolescent T. rex has a snack
#paleoart

Gemini is using Pterosaur Heresies as one of it's sources now. Extremely concerning...

exoparia

I was thinking of trying to do some myself but plants are famously a pain in the ass to model

I try my best but when working with 3D it's impossible to find models of extinct flora.

Some incredible storyboards by Joaquim Dos Santos for "Invincible" Season 3 finale.
www.instagram.com/jds_77

Amazing how you can make even the ugliest of sauropods look cool

And here he is, alive and in good health, traveling the plain in a family group

And here's a second infographic on Iberian sauropods, this time focusing on clade and size.

These visualizations are fun to make, but they also have their challenges. It's not easy to find a format that combines information and art, so of course, all feedback is welcome!

#Paleoart

Limaysaurus in the Kokorkom desert
#paleoart

Amazing!!! Didn't know ichthyosaurs could bend their spine to this extent

Two ichthyosaurs swin through a shoal of squid

First new painting in a while — Leptonectes tenuirostris (foreground) and Leptonectes solei (background) hunt cephalopods as dusk

Set for Dinosaurland

Set for Shanghai Natural History Museum, River of Life Exhibition

Set for the Geological Museum of Guizhou

Did you know there's a company in China (Animal Heavenly Body) that creates chibi figurines of dinosaurs and other animals the exhibits, in collaboration with various museums. 💸

a stylized 3d render of a garlic girl and shallot dog who find...a mysterious faced onion.

the mystery of allium village 🔎🧄

Some chinese placodonts and stem turtles

Let's gooooo

Skeletal Reconstruction of Aegirosaurus, this tiny Ichthyosaur from the Solnhofen Archipelago is known from several well preserved skeletons. Maybe this taxon was more adapted to shallow waters around the islands in comparison to larger contemporary Ichthyosaurs?

Barracuda

digital drawing of a snake or worm like creature with six black wings and a black feathered head with a beak. Its body is covered in colored panels, mostly teal and pink

when I lose at video game I have to make an art

Ok, another Mexidracon thread because I find this critter just fascinating.
In our latest stream I tried to illustrate my point further by showing the proposed sediment probing behavior I assume for this animal.
#paleoart #sciart #scicomm #mexidracon

Char aznable thinking about how much he loves red mobile suits and also MEN

Char Aznable, The Red Comet

Two Triceratops meet a tiny white dromaeosaur. Digital painting.

An Encounter.
Painted on a Nintendo Switch.

#art #dinosaurs #painting #paleoart #gaming

Some pixel art from last year.

Was focusing hard on studying and nailing down some key concepts, so I didn't create a whole lot of actual artworks in the end, but, I think this year you'll start seeing the "fruits" of 2024.

#pixelart