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Baldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's my birthday today!!! 🥳🙌 So what better day than to share more of these sleek dragons I have been doing for funsies. Here is one inspired by Elasmosaurids!

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Show everyone your Spinosaurid! No matter if Spinosaurus, Baryonyx, or Ichthyovenator, 2D traditional or digital painting, animation, or 3D model (details about file specifications on request) - show us your artwork!

Call for artists engaging palaeoartists to contribute artwork for a virtual gallery

Infos about the Call for artists

2D and 3D artwork accepted
1artwork per artist
Any Spinosaurid artwork is accepted
Title needed, but description is optional
If interested, send an email to exhibit@extinctfineart.com
Deadline is August 31, 2026

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evolsara.bsky.social @evolsara.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🦤 What do we really know about the Dodo? The dodo was likely nocturnal and, less surprisingly, its telencephalon was perfectly normal for a pigeon of its size. This paints a very different picture of one of history's most misunderstood birds. @evoneuro.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1093/zool...

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New Brain Scans Suggest the Dodo Was Active at Night

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Very interesting new paper by @evolsara.bsky.social and @evoneuro.bsky.social about the sensory world of the Dodo! Thank you so much for including my artwork into some posts!

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Aubrey Keirnan @aub-birdy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Check out what the dodo was up to in @theconversation.com article by @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social, @evolsara.bsky.social and @evoneuro.bsky.social! theconversation.com/dodos-probab...

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

$50.1 million could fund over 400 doctorates; 933 years worth of annual curator salaries (UK), or running cost for a millennium-worth of free events like the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. It is inane that people can accumulate such wealth, and use it explicitly to cause public harm.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The next session is happening today with a bunch of amazing palaeoartists and Mike Walley from EverythingDinosaur as a special guest and interview partner. (Free) tickets available here: extinctfineart.com/online-events/

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Online events – Extinct Fine Art

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This concept is just amazing and can capture so so much. Keep them coming, the potential is big!!

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The gallery is looking for new artwork - are you in? Dear palaeoartists, let's share your work alongside amazing artists like E. Moreno and F. De Rossi (featured in the image) and connect online. Again, I am looking for painters, animators, authors, and other palaeoartists of any sort. link below

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Results from the Flocking #paleostream! Yoshi, Tylosaurus rex, Xianshou and Argyrolagus.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Women in Palaeo - Part 2 On Feb 11th, we talked about the current state of women in palaeontology. This session is now online, featuring @amandalocaris.bsky.social, @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @ppaleoartist.bsky.social, Natalie Lawrence, and @women-archeopal.bsky.social.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The permanent exhibit got its bimonthly update with lots of new artwork! 🖼️ With an online event today (April 17th) at 4pm UTC with Show&Tell + online presentation by Blandine Hautier and Ronja Sonnenschein Gallery: extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/ Event infos: extinctfineart.com/online-events/

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Results from the Flocking #paleostream! Brachiosaurus, Centrosaurus, Rauisuchus and Muttaburrasaurus.

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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

here's what we sketched during this week's #Paleostream flocking: Brachiosaurus, Centrosaurus, Rauisuchus, and Muttaburrasaurus #AusPalaeo

an adult Brachiosaurus walks past the camera, only its two front legs are visible, a green juvenile is camoflagued amongst the foliage in the foreground

Brachiosaurus is one of the most famous sauropods (typically large long-necked dinosaurs) that is typically reconstructed with its more complete relative: Giraffatitan, the juvenile in the foreground is based on the specimen SMA 0009 (nicknamed Toni) which might not be Brachiosaurus

a Centrosaurus with a deformed nasal horn and left epioccipitals faces head on with the camera, only some short shrubbery separating the two. the nasal horn is split in two with the right side reduced to a stub while the left side is growing out of control to the left of the animal. the left epioccipitals have the same number as the right side indicating that this is a genetic deformity where multiple epioccipitals have developed as the "wrong" kind, the second most epioccipital has recently punctured though the parietal frill fenestra and scabbed blood is seen around the wound

Centrosaurus is a kind of ceratopsian dinosaur (frilled and horned dinosaurs) that typically has a pair of epioccipitals at the top of the frill which point downwards, with the next pair creating a hooked shape. this deformity where epioccipitals are "pulled" upwards along the frill and develop in an atypical way has been observed in other ceratopsians but not Centrosaurus

a Rauisuchus quickly adopts a bipedal stance (using its tail as a third limb for balance) while my sona stands behind it and gestures towards it while looking at the camera. three abstract boxy shapes are in the background

Rauisuchus is the namesake for the paraphyletic grade "Rauisuchia" which include members like Postosuchus. it was a quadrupedal and fully terrestrial ancestor of crocodiles that had a large brow ridge, most likely to help shade its eyes from the sun

a Muttaburrasaurus takes a drink during the day, blurry rock formations can be seen in the background

Muttaburrasaurus is one of the most well known australian dinosaurs, recently the holotype was reinterpreted, the depictions where the nose was large and continuous is based on a misinterpretation of the material, in actuality the bony crest curves downwards before the end of the mouth making the jaw end in a point rather than a blunt end similar to ceratopsian beaks. here i chose to not reconstruct it with the typical nose balloons, and in their place put a fleshy comb, i speculate that the extra space in the nose was for sound amplification and gave them chicken-like wattle earlobes to help dampen the volume of their speculated loud calls. a recent paper has placed it within the clade Elasmaria as opposed to a hadrosaur-line iguanodont, its new cranial anatomy matches the group very well at a glance

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Art in Palaeoart - 2026 Edition This year I started with a special exhibition and asked palaeoartists to contribute pieces they’re particularly proud of or that were especially challenging to create. The result? A diverse collection of styles with personal insights behind each piece. 🧵

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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

here's what we sketched during this week's #Paleostream flocking!!! this week we sketched Xiphodracon, Ectoconcus, Morganucodon, and Atlascystis

a scar covered Xiphodracon swims in shallower water above a Solenopora jurassica reef, a large rolling wave sweeps above it

Xiphodracon is a type of ichthyosaur (marine reptiles that looked like cetaceans but swam side to side like fish) which had a very long torso and long snout

Solenopora jurassica is a type of pink jurassic algae which would've covered large areas of shallow water

my sona and an Ectoconcus lay down and sleep together on a bed, the Ectoconcus yawns

Ectoconcus is one of the earliest ungulates we have, it would've appeared like a very genetic mammal with a boxy skull, long tail, and five toed feet with large nails resembling hooves at the tips

a Morganucodon pushes dirt out of the burrow it's currently constructing near the protection of some dried out ferns

Morganucodon is a kind of mammaliform (animals that eventually gave rise to mammals) that could've fit into the palm of your hand, unlike mammals, the bones which form our ears are still attached to their jaw bones, meaning their ears werent as sensitive and wouldve been on the lower jaw, most likely without any pinnae present

an Atlascystis sifts through fine sediment for food during low tide using its many tube feet, a shallow depression left in its wake

Atlascystis is an ancient kind of echinoderm that—unlike its modern—relatives was bilaterally symmetrical rather than radially symmetrical, all of its tube feet wouldve been at the front of the animal and would've been used for locomotion and food manipulation/foraging, it was only a centimetre long

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New event details for April 17! Join us on April 17 at 6PM (CEST) for the next palaeoartist networking event. The event is free to attend. Register on eventfrog.de/art-revealin...! Will you be joining us? During the Show&Tell, artists are invited to share details about their work. more below:

Two promotional slides for a “Virtual Palaeoart Gallery” event. The background shows a detailed illustration of a feathered theropod catching a fish in water.
Event schedule - 6:00 PM introduction (Karim Zanaty), 6:05 PM show & tell with participating artists, 6:45 PM presentation and Q&A (Blandine Hautier and Ronja Sonnenschein). Times listed as UTC+2.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Palaeoartists, where are you? And a quick schedule update! Whether you are painting, drawing, animating, or modelling - I am looking for palaeoartists of any kind, from any time zone, to display their artwork in an online exhibition. Additionally, we will meet and connect online on April 17! ↓

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Big8 - a special exhibition I am excited to allow you access to the this special exhibit which highlights the work behind one of the biggest palaeo-related exhibitions. extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/ Hosted on @kunstmatrix #paleoart #SciComm

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

New study finds #microplastics in 86% of examined squid and cuttlefish (Loligo vulgaris, Sepia officinalis) from the Turkish Mediterranean, with similar levels in intestines and gills. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Investigation on microplastic occurrence in cephalopods from Northeastern Mediterranean Sea

‘Microplastic (MP) pollution has emerged as a persistent environmental concern for marine ecosystems. Toxicity risk depending on MP ingestion is an im…

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Result from the Koobi Fora #paleostream! This region on the east side of modern day Lake Turkana in Kenya is a treasure trove for fossils of the early Pleistocene and is most famous for many early human remains, with up to 6 species present throughout the layers...

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"I may have a slightly different opinion..." For February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I invited several female* artists and scientists to join a panel discussion on this important topic. We talked about 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒆𝒐(𝒂𝒓𝒕).

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The February Exhibit is online! 🖼️ As part of the permanent exhibition, I am so excited to show a LOT of new artwork by amazing female* artists. Check them out here extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/ If you would like to exhibit some artwork or know someone - please get in touch! #palaeoart cont..

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy International Women In Science Day! I had an amazing time speaking with fellow female scientists and paleoartists on todays paleoart panel with @extinctfineart.bsky.social . Pictured here is me and one of the key Diplodocus skin specimens that led to our recent discovery on Dippy Colors 🦕🌈

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

And here the result of the MOTH locality #paleostream! This incredible site from the early Devonian of Canada preserves an alien fish fauna drawn by preschoolers. As with other pieces from this series we can't actually show where these animals were preserved. The anoxic...

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The permanent exhibition is now *under construction* to be ready on Feb. 11 for the start of the next rotation! Meanwhile: please enjoy the special exhibition on extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/

Screenshot of gallery starter screen with an overlay "Under construction"

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Skye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 01/02/2026

Jack Horner being in the Epstein files is not something I had on my bingo card for 2026.... Horner seemingly visited Epstein's ranch multiple times, including apparently with a student.

Email from Leslie Groff to Jeffrey Epstein
Subject: Jack Horner to Ranch
"Jack Horner says to please tell you he would love to see your ranch and he would be abailable to come any day after July 25th."

Email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epsetin
Should I check in with Jack Horner? He believes hens to leave for the ranch on July 26 (2 weeks from today). Do I need to tell him plans are in a holding pattern?

Jeffery Epstein responds:
delay him one day

Lesley Groff responds:
Another tid bit! JE is asking me to delay jack horner one day! So this would be an arrival of July 27 depart 29... I have emailed Jack to aske if this would work with his schedule.... :)

Email from John Horner to Jeffrey Epstein 6/29/2012

Hi [redacted] Since i don't really know how long it would take to get from Albuquerque to the ranch and visa versa [sic], and don't know how I'm to get there (would someone be picking me up or should I rent a car) it would probably be best if you just booked the flight for me. Delta Airlines connecting through Salt Lake is the most convenient for me. My official name and frequent number [sic] is:
John Robert Horner
Delta # [REDACTED]
The geology maps are perfect.
Jack

email from Lesley Groff to Jeffrey Epstein
"Reminder: John Horner and student to visit ranch today... [redacted] =ill [sic] be taking care of them...

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Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women-archeopal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We’re excited to take part in the roundtable “Women* in Palaeoart”, organised by @extinctfineart.bsky.social (thanks for this great initiative!) 📅 February 11, 6 pm UTC+1, online 🖼️ An online paleoart exhibition will also be open. Join us for the discussion and visit the gallery!

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Results from the Flocking #paleostream! Platycerabos, Mixosaurus, Tetrameryx and Hyperodapedon

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 - women in palaeo(art) Annualy, on February 11th is "𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦" to raise awareness that shaping a future where science and gender equality advance together has not been reached yet - by far. Cont.

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Actually never saw that process before, thanks so much for sharing!!

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Noah Riccio @riccioraidsagain.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Sketches of Inductive Reasoning Depicting Concavenator, made for @extinctfineart.bsky.social’s online gallery which I really recommend you check out. Amazing art is on display there!

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The first exhibition of 2026 is open! 🖼️✨ This is the most personal exhibition we’ve had so far. I asked the artists to share artwork they’re particularly proud of and/or taught them important artistic or personal lessons along with a short explanation of why. 💬 Want to join a live chat? cont...

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace! A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!

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Art Show - Comic-Con

2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i...

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Titan @titanartwork01.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Got a new wire for my tablet and drew something that didnt look garbo, so heres some paleoart to get me back into the swing of posting and drawing again {raptor, tyrant, and leviathan} #art #paleoart #creaturedesign #dinosaur

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Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

NEW ARTWORK TO START 2026 Here's "Deep Blue Buffet," commissioned by The Etches Collection. Featured, from the Late #Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay, are #SeaRex #Hybodus #Hypsocormus #Metriorhynchus #Aspidorhynchus & #Allothrissops #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurs #Pliosaurus #JurassicWorld

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles! cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Join me for tour of dinosaur palaeoart from paleolithic cave art, eccentric Oxford homemaker to Nazi-fighting Polish women and wet vultures. History of dinosaur art, by women. A free talk delivered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Details below.

Women in Science – The Invisible Women and Their Dinosaurs
About the Speaker:
Dr. Natalia JAGIELSKA is a Polish-born doctor in palaeontology, award-winning artist, film and TV dinosaur consultant, and former museum collections officer. She is currently working at The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on studying skin and fur of pterosaurs (flying reptiles from the dinosaur times).

Seats are limited, and will be available on first-come, first-served basis by online registration.

Online Registration

Enquiries: sfo@cuhk.edu.hk | 3943 0594

Date
30 Jan 2026
Time
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
LT3, Lady Shaw Building (LSB), CUHK

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

February 11 is the "International Day of Women* in STEM". For an online panel discussion suitable for attendees in the Eastern Hemisphere, I am looking for panellists currently residing in Asia/Australia to take part in a panel discussion. #paleoart #SciComm #WomenInSTEM #Paleontology #OnlineEvent

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras. Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom. They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water. (📷: Fernando Maidana)

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The virtual gallery is currently being reviewed by the artists to be ready on January 16!

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Could I ask all my followers to please take a moment to vote for Mrs Dragons of Wales’s entry in the BCA Awards. Thank you. 🙏

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Finishing off the first draft of a book I've been writing for @politybooks.bsky.social, giving a world history of palaeontology Still some way to go (and probably not out until early-2027), so in the meantime, for the first #FossilFriday of the year, here is what the current chapter list looks like

A book table of contents, in text with no images. It reads:

A World History of Palaeontology
(Exact title still TBC!)

Prologue

1) Giants of Other Days
What fossils could mean beyond palaeontology

2) Before and After the Deluge
How science and religion could be connected in the past

3) Maps of the Ages
The construction of a history for the earth and for life

4) Coal Worlds
How fossils and industry grew together

5) Enter Sorceress
How to (or how not to) understand strange and curious beings

6) People of the Ice
How humans were placed within the chronologies of deep time

7) Empires of Time
The long history of palaeontology and colonialism

8) Encountering the Lost
How ancient beings and landscapes were felt to still be present

9) Cosmos
How deep time provided ways of imagining worlds beyond earth

10) Wonderful Lives
Binding together modern and ancient nature

11) Two Apocalypses
How palaeontology has helped us understand the end of worlds

12) Feathers, Ivory, Amber
How our current world has collided with the world of fossils

Conclusion / Epilogue

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Two weeks left! ✨ The next online #paleoart exhibition starts on January 16 with a discussion about “the art in palaeoart”. Alongside the invited speakers Simone Zoccante and Gaelle Seguillon, a group of skilled artists contributed carefully selected pieces under the motto “artwork I am proud of.”

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

This year my charity sketch auction raised a total of £1036.12. My deepest thanks to all of you who supported and donated. The total has been divided equally between both of the charities, and the payments have now been sent. Thank you again.

A screenshot shot showing a donation of £520 to the Eastern Valley Foodbank.

A screenshot shot showing a donation of £520 to MSF/Doctors Without Borders.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Art vs Artist 2025. (Or 9 portraits of old things). #SciArt

A 3x3 square grid of images, showing some of my dinosaur portraits from the past year, with a photo of me in the central square.

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Feelin' normal

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