visited the Cleveland museum of natural history today and this gave me a chuckle

big news: from 8 Jan 2025, the absolute unit tweet will be on show in an actual museum (the National Science and Media Museum).

thinking about these moths that were immortalized in this photo published in a textbook from 1936 📕

#entomology #science #biology

Here’s some more illustrations from one of my (dead) grandpa’s old biology books!! This one is a flowers field guide, with illustrations by the scientific illustrator Rudolf Freund. Mini thread!

#science #botany #scientificillustration #wildflowers

When asked what it would take to shake his belief in evolution, JBS Haldane is reported to have said, "Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian".
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"Haldane's Precambrian Puzzle"
Oil on 9 pieces of shale; they can be reconfigured to show trilobite fossils.

#ArtAdventCalendar 🐡🎨🧪

a selection of illustrations from one of my (dead) grandpa’s old biology books. Black and white illustrations by Marion Satterlee and color illustrations by Elsie Louise Shaw. Published 1905. Mini thread! #science #botany #scientificillustration #scienceart #flowers

here are some hobbies to pick up if u want to demonstrate value or become more interesting:

-chess (shows u are smart)
-photography (demonstrates artistic sensitivity)
-frog collector (shows u have a large collection of frogs)

ok so fresh start on bluesky!! looking for a community here:

My main hobbies are hiking/camping and painting, and I have an academic background in biology and museum studies 🥾🎨🧬🏛️

I also like funny stuff and to hear about current events!!