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@oddoblivion.bsky.social

December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM

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Natalia Jagielska

@nataliajagielska.bsky.social

I hate navigating the world of palaeontology. "If you author with this researcher, you'll be barred from working with that other research team" or "if you access this collection you can't access that collection". Petty cliques getting in the way of accessing public resources and good science.

December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM

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🖤Marnie💜 Commissions OPEN

@marnielovesyou.bsky.social

THE ROARING KNIGHT #Deltarune

December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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Mark Witton

@markwitton.bsky.social

Fresh off the digital canvas, my take on the Carboniferous verte... arthro... mollu... er... bilaterally symmetrical animal Tullimonstrum gregarium. Tully monsters are true palaeontological enigmas: 70 years after they were named, we still don't know what they are. #paleoart #sciart #fossil

Vignette of a Tully monster, a strange swimming animal from the Carboniferous. They say working on it makes you mad, but I've been painting this all afternoon and I'm... fine.

Just fine.

That said, I have been working hard alongside my janitorial duties at this hotel. And thinking about this little beast a lot. I... I see it when I close my eyes.

I see ITS eyes when I close my eyes.

But I'm just working too hard. Just take a break! You know what they say: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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Ville Sinkkonen

@villesinkkonen.bsky.social

I do love triassic marine life #sciart

December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Mark Witton

@markwitton.bsky.social

New #paleoart on #FossilFriday: #Tiktaalik sees the world. Discussions of early #tetrapods often focus on limbs and lungs, but major changes also took place in their eyes. Seeing further and clearer than any animal before, they were the first to clearly see sunsets, stars, and the moon. #sciart

Tiktaalik slugs its way over a muddy bank in a flooded Devonian landscape while the sun sets over the horizon. Banks of pink and purple clouds loom in front of distant streaks of orange as clear turquoise sky peeks through cloudless regions. Various trees and shrubs stand tall above purple water glistening with gold wavelets. With vision that could probably see in the UV spectrum and eyes beginning to adapt for the infinite visual range provided in aerial habitats, Titaalik pauses to take this all in, being among the first animals that can see the natural world in such detail.

All which is to say - the next time you admire sunsets or the night sky, consider what this owes to events of 375 million years ago. When the first vertebrates struggled out of the water they rapidly developed eyes that were much sharper and clearer than those of their fishy ancestors, vision being of variable utility in most freshwater habitats. Millions of years on, what probably started as a means to navigate and find prey allows us to observe and enjoy the natural world with a sense of awe and wonder.

December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM

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Mario Lanzas

@mariolanzas.bsky.social

CERATOPSIA, the horny dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period #ceratopsia #paleoart #triceratops #torosaurus #paleontology
#naturalhistory #dinosaurs

December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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ascalaphid

@ascalaphid.com

weevil knight

October 26, 2023 at 3:21 AM

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Tess Gallagher

@tessasaurus.bsky.social

Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26

December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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BERRY | a home for flowers

@extrauuberry.bsky.social

I was missing him 💕
#OMORI #OMORIFANART

DW Basil standing before the hs sky and doing a peace sign,with white outline.

November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Azzy

@azzyastermint115.bsky.social

Hello everyone! My name is Azzy! Or Aster, whichever you prefer B]

I'm a big fan of:

-Minecraft
-Omori
-Undertale
-Deltarune
-Hunter x Hunter
-Full Metal Alchemist
-Yume Nikki
-Silent Hill
-Resident Evil
-Jurassic Park
-Sonic
-Genshin Impact
-FNAF
-End Roll
-Paleontology
-Zoology
-Marine Biology

October 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM

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onion person

@junlper.beer

December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM

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Gabriel Ugueto

@serpenillus.bsky.social

A pair of Stegosaurus leisurely walking while a group of Hesperornithoides bicker in the foreground

I just think everyone needs to see Stegosaurus every now and then. Makes everyone happier 😊 This is an illustration of my licensing library and is available for non exclusive licensing.

#paleoart

Illustration of a pair of Stegosaurus in a Jurassic landscape composed of ferns and conifers, a group of the small theropod Hesperonithoides is in the foreground.

December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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tobyfox

@tobyfox.undertale.com

Now that's Winter, I'm thinking about NEWSLETTER. But I haven't written anything for one yet...

Right now, my energy is going towards preparing Chapter 5 for localization. The translation process begins next week. We have extracted all the English text and we are now annotating it.

December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM

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140VGM

@140vgm.bsky.social

Anti-Citizen – Half-Life: Alyx (2020, PC)
Composer: Mike Morasky ( @mike-morasky.bsky.social )

December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley

December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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Trevor Henderson 🍉

@slimyswampghost.bsky.social

"A mountain walked or stumbled."

Wanted to finally do an interpretation of Cthulhu from H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu!

a mountainous thing, with long wing-like sheets of flesh drifting up and out of frame. its bulk is rotten, wrinkled, decomposing. its head appears to be a ball of feelers, but its so large its mostly off page. amongst strange pillars, a man is silhouetted in the foreground. he is very small.

November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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Natalia Jagielska

@nataliajagielska.bsky.social

Links to donate to:
feedinghk.org

www.spca.org.hk/get-involved...

November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM

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Natalia Jagielska

@nataliajagielska.bsky.social

Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰

In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏