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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Results from the #paleostream! Arctobatrachus, Austronaga, Carnufex (plus Rutiodon) and Palaeochiropteryx.

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

Btw. yes I wanted from the start the two lineages of large flightless marine birds to meet here and yes, these are whales, ambulocetids, not seal lions, which never evolved in this time line.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #waders This is probably my favorite wader photo, a great egret chasing a cattle egret with a vole. What characters they are!🪶

Great egret running, looming over a cattle egret with a vole in its beak, trying to keep his snack from getting stolen.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is Nigel the Eastern Screech-Owl at the Avian Behavior Conservancy in Escondido, CA. Screech-owls have fairly complex vocalizations & Nigel has specific mews & trills he uses with humans to direct them to give him mealworms. It's =highly effective=. Meaning: He's domesticated his humans.

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FeatheredCritter @featheredcritter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Updated some general references for Simius cause i wasnt happy with the previous one #myart

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FeatheredCritter @featheredcritter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Little pterosaurs being rescued by a fishing vessel deep in open water. Poor guy was exhausted #myart

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FeatheredCritter @featheredcritter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

soft giant predator mouth on little prey neck MWAH!! #myart

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sancho 🔆 @sanchomps.com · 30/09/2026

deadman walkin here ✹ #deadlock

Digital illustration of Deadman Danny from Deadlock. His exposed skeleton hand is on fire. Multiple hazard symbols are displayed on the right.

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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Among the most bizarre creatures gathered here is the Brachiataur, a brachiating gondwanather that evolved from vaguely chalicother looking ancestors. Their family groups are great indicators for the forests health as these animals need large amounts of fresh vegetation daily.

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

60 Meters above ground the rainforest of Lemuria reveals a very different world. It might not look like it but much of these tree giants are relative newcomers, evolving from much smaller forms after the rainforests in the south collapsed. Up here you have be able to climb...

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Femur @odetoscavengers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3-crustacean #parasitetober dendrogaster angel

digital painting of a humanoid creature that resembles a dendrogaster. It is hugging itself as it emerges from a starfish below it. The creature is glowing.

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Femur @odetoscavengers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1 - complex lifecycle

digital painting of an anthro snail like creature laying on a dinner plate on a fancy dining table. Its eye stalks are bulging and multicolored, infected with Leucochloridium paradoxum. A gag is over its mouth and its hands are bound behind its head.

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MeatSpice🎃(boo!) @meats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This weird bird stole my candy😳 #art #happyhalloween !!!!

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Atlas Obscura has a nice human interest angle on this story, including how the death of the original 'Satanas' (that Roberto found on his hike) led to the establishment of the new provisional species. In the end, the Satan Spider turned out to be a teddy bear & was much beloved by his humans. 🕷️❤️

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This 'Satan' Spider Turned Out to Be a Real Teddy Bear

In Ecuador, Satanas the tarantula—named for his feisty attitude—became both teacher and friend to researchers.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In fact, the other fuzzy-wuzzy tarantula they named "P. chronoarachne" which means 'time-counted spider' in reference to the declining populations resulting from poaching for the pet trade. ⌛🕷️☠️ As scary as these guys are to some people, we pose a greater threat to them than they pose to us.

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excited spider

Alt: A spider of unknown taxonomy showing erratic behavior. legs and thorax are moving up and down like it's throwing a fit, or tapping something out. Behind it is an enclosure full of webbing and beneath it another.

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Femur @odetoscavengers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

2-feeding

digital painting of a fish head that has been cut open, revealing the inside of its mouth. In its mouth is a tongue eating isopod.

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #fossilfriday! Meet Hatzegopteryx, a predatory, ground-stalking pterosaur the size of a small giraffe, found on the islands of Cretaceous Eastern Europe. Survival Verdict: lol good luck HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY. Out April 27, 2027. Preorder now! bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

An enormous Hatzegopteryx pterosaur stands in the rain on all fours, its head a mass of turkey-like wrinkles around a wicked, machete-shaped beak. It turns a cold, considering eye on you. Two others approach through the mist. Art by Stieven Van Der Poorten for HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dinosaurs in watercolor #sciart

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For context, that's a typical size of a jurassic pterosaur (juvenile) found in the fossil record

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SingNO2 @singno2.meme · 03/10/2026

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Daily birds 78 - Firehawks

top left is a brown falcon, bottom left is a black kite and right is a whistling kite, each holding a burning stick and trailing smoke against a pale yellow background.

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MILEY ⚓ @mementominty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

never posted these, womp womp #halflife #halflifeoc

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Jay Eaton @jayeatonart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week on #RunawaytotheStars: Imagine an 80km rollercoaster ascent, then a cable descends from the sky and yoinks you off the rails. Catch up: runawaytothestars.com Read ahead: patreon.com/jayrockin

A fleet of vehicles depart from the glowing airlock chamber of the recycling plant and head towards the Runaway, which is stationed on the rails outside with a towering delicate-materials hitch attached to the jack sled it sits on, and a construction elevator positioned outside its docking ring. A suited Talita is shown handing off pressurized canisters of luggage from the construction elevator to Gillie and Idrisah, who are standing inside the airlock of the Runaway. Inside the airlock, the sweaty trio take off their helmets and enjoy the cool air blasting from the air pumps. Gillie's hair and Talita's mane are rumpled and wet and flattened from being in the helmets. Talita stretches her arm and jaw as Idrisah signs thanks to her for doing so much heavy lifting. On the wall panel displays, Bip waves to them and prints the word "WELCOME!" The lifting isn't done yet, though, as the trio pack their belongings into the cargo bay. Luggage is held to the floor, walls, and ceiling with thick adjustable straps, then covered with netting. Talita brings in cargo while Gillie and Idrisah tighten straps. Finally, the three follow Bip's directions into a room of the third floor. They point down from the third floor ceiling and print the words "LAUNCH BEDS." They carefully climb down the ladder through the door of the sideways room.

Gillie, Idrisah, and Talita all lie down in cushioned launch beds that are positioned flat against the interior outer wall of the ship, and buckle their seatbelts. Bip's icon lounges on the wall next to them, as if also lying down. The floor of the room (currently a vertical wall at their feet) displays a countdown of 25 minutes and 32 seconds. The launch procedure begins, described in steps: 1. Dispatches on ground rail: the sled with the Runaway travels away from the recycling plant along the outside of the berm wall. 2. Transfers to access rail: the sled switches rails onto a path that takes it around the far edge of the berm, and into the interior loop. 3. Merges onto loop rail: the sled switches tracks onto the looped end of the launch highway. 4. Passes through magnetic bearing housing: the sled rounds the loop track along the inside of the berm and passes through one of the trapezoidal buildings powering the rotors of the launch loop. 5. Approaches loop ascent: the sled heads out straight towards the climb. 6. Ascends launch loop: the sled climbs the 80 km tall rail, the ground beneath it falling away to an inky black sky with stars. Direct message log: Calcery: Hey Talita, I hope you're doing well.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally, some real fulmar action today! 🪶🌿🦑

A fulmar soars in front of a soft blue sky. An out of focus great shearwater is visible in the distance.

A fulmar soars just above the ocean’s surface

A fulmar soars in front of a blue sky with faintly visible clouds

A fulmar soars in front of a soft blue sky.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Research Cruise AR103 Thread: Views & Critters Yesterday’s Wilson’s storm-petrel extravaganza off the back deck! 🪶🌿🦑

A wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surface

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Nessie (comms closed) @nessiefynn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

puffin for @00medkit.bsky.social !🐧 Thank you for the support!

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 30/09/2026

Our Smile mission is ready for science. Its ultraviolet camera has already captured this substorm rippling through the northern lights around Earth’s North Pole. @science.esa.int 🧪🔭

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owlet about to pounce on a dirt mound.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/10/2026

New research measures the loudest birds known to science, with three South American species topping the chart. wapo.st/4hoPjVO

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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frame

Life size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera

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Alan @drpizzastone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

there was a video someone posted on twitter several years ago with a caption like "how im serving tboy summer realness this year". I think about it all the time and couldn't find it so I decided to recreate it from scratch today. Enjoy

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FeatheredCritter @featheredcritter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning Oh, rejoice, the sky's fucking falling Oh, rejoice, the world we know is turning #myart

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Eric v @mortemergosum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

quick practice, give it 10 min

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Adorable pterosaur art? Who's this?

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Raptor Cambot @raptor-cambot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Explore Webcams - Philippine Eagles

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Raptor Cambot @raptor-cambot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Explore Webcams - Philippine Eagles

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petecantropo.bsky.social @petecantropo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

El cadáver de Concavenator flota por la acumulación de gases, pronto explotará la caja torácica y se hundirá dando lugar a lo que 125 Ma más tarde será "Pepito", uno de los fósiles más increíbles encontrados en España

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Pheasants Wake digital painting

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