Reposted by 3lfig 🐠FossilLad123 @fossillad123.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Somniosus microcephalus [ #sciart | #sharks | #3Dart | #art ] 312547
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Lovely little Halosaur from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 395 #edgegbr #MarineLife 0193
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Scientists: look at this clump of interesting stuff Fish: weeeeeeeeee @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 395 #edgegbr #MarineLife 1255
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Result from the Zechstein sea #paleostream! This famous deposit from the late Permian of Central Europe (mostly Germany) has a special place in paleontology history and incidentally has a locality not even a km from where I sit right now. 421473
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Cyttopsis? From @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 395 #edgegbr #MarineLife 1103
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We got ourselves a school of 10 Boraras urophthalmoides for our little shrimp tank. It’s day 2 and they seem to be settling in nicely 020
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching. 483106851543
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Commissions are now open again for the first time in literal years, if you have any inquiries feel free to ask here or over email website link in the replies 15617
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Would you want to be trapped with your partner in the same house... for the rest of your lives? #LetsChangeThat 0248
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I have a fish joke, but it flopped. 1173
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵) Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM. Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler. 27861347
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Employees come from social groups that are not meant yo have their own business 000
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Faolan @brujofaolan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Someone patched GIMP to look and feel exactly like Adobe Photoshop. Same keyboard shortcuts. Same tool layout. Same everything. It's called PhotoGIMP and it's free. 112126545029
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Great argument for giving everyone equal chances in education and work; if we rely on these few geniuses we really shouldn’t risk any of them right? 110
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine @seaunseenzine.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Calling marine artists! We're running the 4th issue of The Sea Unseen, a charity zine spotlighting marine life 🐳🦑 Artists of all skill levels are welcome. Learn more and join the participant mailing list at the form below! (Closes March 30) #artzine #zineapp #marineartdocs.google.comSign up for The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine 2026The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine is back again for Issue #4! To join, simply fill and submit this form and you will be added to the mailing list. Instructions will be emailed out on 30 March. (After Marc... 211098
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 18/03/2026A few weeks ago CBC reporter Sheena Goodyear reached out to me for comment on the new Spinosaurus paper. I said I couldn’t, because of Epstein connection Nathan Myhrvold’s involvement with it. We got to talking about how paleontology - especially dinosaur research- remains hostile to women. 🧪cbc.caPaleontology has an Epstein problem. Women in the field say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny | CBC RadioThe names of hundreds of scientists have appeared in the Epstein files, including prominent dinosaur researchers. As the paleontology community reckons with the fallout of these revelations, women in ... 251085451
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The Black Grouper (Shedd Aquarium #3) - Herman Menzel, 1946 3495160
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Does anyone know (has) that one paper on Tselfatiformes (Plethodidae and Protobramidae) that i remember nothing about except it was in French 000
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Holly English @hollyenglish.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Further, little is known about divorce amongst gulls" is my favourite sentence I've read today. So far. 1245
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 16/02/2026#Fish #vision #deepsea "The current dogma is that vertebrates develop cone-dominated retinas first, adding rods later. Here we show that larval deep-sea fishes have “hybrid” photoreceptors, expressing cone-specific genes in rod-like cells." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgDeep-sea fish reveal an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate visionHybrid photoreceptors in larval deep-sea fish reveal evolution of an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate vision. 831369
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I run from Twitter bc I’m so fed up wirh how much of it is American politics and I come here and it’s fucking worse 000
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 27/01/2026We lost another shrimp today. And most likely it was our favorite one we called grandma. They keep dying behind the sponge filter 100
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026#PortfolioDay I'm Natalia, a 🇵🇱-born, 🇬🇧-residing, 🇭🇰 & 🇨🇳-based palaeontologist, with a doctorate in pterosaurs, currently specialising in blasting fossils with lasers. On the side, I'm an award-winning artist, drawing for magazines, books & museums (recently, Palestine Museum of Natural History) 326495
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Stefanie 🏳️⚧️ @foxenlock.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Can I get a fuck you Hanz Zimmer?thepinknews.comHans Zimmer to compose score for Harry Potter HBO seriesEsteemed German composer Hans Zimmer is to create the score for the upcoming controversial Harry Potter TV series. 35805245
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage 92124493984
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Very rough pencil sketches of extant & extinct (Cenozoic) herrings 🐟 The curvy ones are based on photos of fossils, hence the ambiguous fin shapes #paleoart #sciart 05312
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Why do women leave vertebrate palaeontology? A review of vertebrate palaeontologists from 2018 found out, that the retention of men in the field, is almost at 100%, while for women, who already were under-represented, mere 30% stay in the field. It's not leaky pipeline, it's a running tap. 315332
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Gotta gwt used to scrolling Bluesky instead of the other one 000
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 05/10/2025#Paleoctober2025 day 5 paleoart sketch of the Mesozoic coral Isastrea. #Paleoctober #Paleoart #Coral #Isastrea 410726
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 @gremlin.world · 05/10/2025I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect) 3360252968
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Seems to me like the are some teeth visible in the front of the jaws 010
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 06/09/2025more stylised paleoart concepts! this time it's Bananogmius, thanks to @3lfig.bsky.social for suggesting this taxon #fishart #stylisedart #paleoart #sketch #conceptart 1499
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Wrasses and parrotfish (family Labridae) are among the most diverse lineages of reef fishes on earth. A new study sheds light on Labridae diversification during the Miocene. Painting reef fish is so rewarding because I get to use some vibrant colors. Hello, turquoise and magenta! #sciart 🧪 36710
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Finding a larval Armored Sea Robin (Peristediidae sp.) drifting through the nighttime open ocean is likely the closest we’ll ever come to finding a dragon. . . #armoredsearobin #searobin #gurnard #peristediidae #blackwater #clackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater 0299
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Keishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 09/05/2025A lizardfish overlooks its domain like a king of nothing at all 0171
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 09/05/2025It was so good! I cried the whole 1,5h. The message is way stronger than I anticipated and he went places I would never expect they will dare to go. Halfway through it makes you hate humanity but at the end it leaves you full of hope. 12/10 probably really the most important thing he’s ever done 000
3lfig 🐠 @3lfig.bsky.social · 09/05/2025We found a dead shrimp in the aquarium today ☹️ what to do??? 000
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Meet the Manefish, Caristius macropus. Named for their distinctive shape, macropus means large foot. This fish was observed in Monterey Bay 483 meters (1584 feet) deep in August of 2018. #MBARIFromTheVault 527880
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Thomas Raccoon @thomasraccoon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025After a few days, I can say that it was the first and probably last time that I'll see them all together 😅🦐 051
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Thomas Raccoon @thomasraccoon.bsky.social · 13/04/2025And now get ready for a drop of little red #shrimps! It's a bit hard to catch them and my phone struggle to focus. But look at how cute they are #aquarium #aquascape #shrimptank #plantedtank 082
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Panderichthys!, an "example" of our ancestors before getting out of the water, with more ossified/muscled fins (arms) to support its weight in land (quick #paleoart commission) Your grand-grand-grand-Mama had to goon to this 💔 512422
Reposted by 3lfig 🐠J.W. Kirby @jaywkirby.bsky.social · 10/04/2025New painting! Featuring a pod of Stenopterygius 228266
