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Alena ♥ Owl & Bear Studio (she/they)
@owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
190 followers 39 following 44 posts
🌈 Wildlife Artist/Scientist with ADHD💖💜💙
🐻 Supporting Conservation+Social Justice
🙌 $71K Raised
📍 Unceded W̱SÁNEĆ + Lək̓ʷəŋən Territories
➡️ OwlAndBearStudio.com
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owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
Valentines for gastropod lovers 💕 (1/5)
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
My t-shirt in the wild 🥹 how cool is this???!!
snakesandkittens.bsky.social Erika Price @snakesandkittens.bsky.social · Feb 7
I had a blast tabling at yesterday’s Burke Museum Queers in STEAM event! I did months of research to talk about queerness - homosexuality, intersexuality, multiple genders, transgenderism, asexual reproduction, changing sex, and atypical sexual presentation - in the animal kingdom 🦒
A queer scientist in a “Nature is Queer” shirt stands smiling behind a table with animal skulls, in front of a mural of Washington ecosystems. A queer scientist in a rainbow salmon hat holding a spotted hyena skull while talking and gesticulating. A smiling queer scientist in a “Nature is Queer” shirt. A trifold poster about queerness in the animal kingdom.
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
A dozen banana slugs for you today 🤗💛 Which one is your favourite??

This is part of a much larger passion project I’m working on, to illustrate as many colour variations of the Pacific Banana Slug as I can!! (within reason, obviously)
February 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
I love this - we need it right now!

1 like = 1 thing I love

Be prepared for lots of slug and nature content 🤩
saimihanma.bsky.social Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · Jan 22
Yeah, this definitely seems like an exercise my therapist would approve of to balance all the doom in my mind, so hit me.

1 like = 1 thing I love (with pictures if possible)
jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · Jan 22
Okay this seems like a wholesome way to ground myself rn

1 like = 1 thing I love
January 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
Do people watch videos on here? Let’s try it!

LOOK WHO I SAW TODAY!

I can’t wait to go back in a few days with my good camera!
January 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
When the politics fail us, community is what saves us. Gender is a rainbow 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 and the possibilities are infinite. Shine on! ✨
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Alena ♥ Owl & Bear Studio (she/they)
whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
A big thing that drives me in my business, is being able to give back. I wanted to share our impact report for 2024!

These numbers make me so proud. I can’t wait to pass the $75K mark this year!!

💗 $14,102.15 CAD donated to charity & mutual aid in 2024
💙 $71,838.11 CAD donated to date!
The background shows an illustration of a Great Blue Heron, sitting at a rock at the water’s edge at sunset. The image looks sparkly, with the water reflecting the pink glow of the sky. Text boxes overlaid on the image read: 2024 In Review, Owl And Bear Studio $14,102.15 CAD donated to charity and mutual aid! 53 causes supported! 167 trees planted at checkout! 105 carbon credits added at checkout! $71,838.11 CAD donated to charity and mutual aid to date! Thank you all so much for helping make this happen. See story highlight for more details!
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
owlandbearstudio.bsky.social
Hello, BlueSky! I’m Alena, I like slugs! I make slug art and sell sluggy nifty-gifties! That’s the elevator pitch 😂
An illustrated poster of 10 different sea slugs from the west coast of North America, in different shapes and rainbow colours, over a blue background. A photo of green socks with pink hearts and yellow banana slugs with black spots A photo of two stickers. The top one shows a yellow banana slug with text that reads “Weird Is Wonderful.” The bottom one shows a green pacific chorus frog with text that reads “This Frog Is Proud of You.” 8 different enamel pins are displayed on Alena’s hand. The pins are of a Belted Kingfisher, Bull Kelp, Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Pacific Banana Slug, Pacific Sideband Snail, Sea Bunny Nudibranch, California Banana Slug, and an Opalescent Nudibranch.
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM