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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 15h

This male Snowcap #hummingbird was taking a break to preen a bit yesterday at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature #hummingbirds

A small hummingbird with deep magenta and violet plumage is perched on a branch, fluffing its feathers. Its head is turned to the side, showing a bright white forehead and a long, slender bill, set against a soft green background.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 16h

Hey Folks! the fancy pigeon of @veppart.bsky.social has some unexpected veterinary costs so Valeria is extra enthusiastically welcoming art commissions!

a slide with with a cartoon of a sick pigeon and gorgeous illustrations of a vulture and an owl to showcase the incredible visual artistic talents of Valeria Pellicer- she does digital and traditional paintings and can be contacted via email vpellicer.art@gmail.com

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V Pellicer- looking for work! @veppart.bsky.social · 2d

New graphic for Doc's vet bills. Please consider buying art of anything at all! My little dude needs surgery asap. Feel free to share this graphic far and wide!

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 21h

For #WorldOctopusDay we'd like to share with you this rare octopus skeleton that was found at the Palace.

An empty glass display box that, crucially, contains no bones.

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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 1d

Very pleased to see our study that formally quantifies the society of zebra finches. They have different types of relationships, and these form tiers, but they do not form a multilevel society.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This was a very nice collaboration with great colleagues.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 8d

PARRY ‘N’ CARNEY: FRIENDS FOR LIFE is a webcomic compilation about dino-buddies. (Featuring an introduction by Charles Darwin!) www.keesey-comics.com/comics/parry...

Parry ‘n’ Carney: Friends for Life

A webcomic about dinosaurs and the things dinosaurs do. Parry the Parasaurolophus and Carney the Carnotaurus are friends for life! Right???

www.keesey-comics.com

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 8d

PALEOCENE is a comic book series about our ancestors who survived the asteroid impact that ended the Age of Dinosaurs: www.keesey-comics.com/comics/paleo...

Paleocene

A comic book series about our early primate ancestors. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth, killing three quarters of all living things. But our tiny ancestors survived. Wi...

www.keesey-comics.com

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 1d

I'm probably one of about five English speakers in the world who is willing to do this meme, but here's the blank template in case any of the others are reading this... #Doraemon #ドラえもん

Blank meme template titled "About You: Doraemon Movies". 18 different categories are provided for the user to fill out: Favorite of all time, Favorite opening sequence, Favorite ending sequence, Favorite soundtrack, Favorite visuals, Most rewatchable, Favorite Doraemon moment, Favorite Nobita moment, Favorite Shizuka moment, Favorite Gian moment, Favorite Suneo moment, Favorite movie character, Favorite villain, You love that everyone hates, You hate that everyone loves, Movie you want a remake of, Favorite short film, and Favorite use of gadget.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 1d

Been seeing memes where folks share their favorite anime, so of course I adapted one for #Doraemon movies: albertonykus.tumblr.com/post/7967868... #ドラえもん

Meme titled "About You: Doraemon Movies". 18 different categories are provided ("Favorite of all time", "Favorite opening sequence", "Favorite ending sequence", etc.), with a poster for a different Doraemon movie filled in each one.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 1d

New possible Miocene bowerbird from New Zealand, Aeviperditus gracilis: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Congratulations, @lizzysteell.bsky.social! 🪶🧪

Fossilized foot bone of an extinct songbird, shown in multiple views.

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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 2d

Drepanosaurs have such character!

Drepanosaurus, a Late Triassic arboreal reptile not closely related to anything living today. #Sciart

Illustration of an angry-looking lizard-ish animal standing upright on two legs on a mossy branch. The animal is blue-green with orange eyes and very strong arms.

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 2d

#bowerbirds are the only birds that build structures used specifically for courtship. But why and how did this remarkable ability evolve?

We discuss some possibilities in our new review in Emu - Austral Ornithology!

@fusanilab.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0158...

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 3d

‘Turkestan Shrike, adult male’

acrylic, 13 x 18 cms.

Turkestan Shrike, also known as Red-tailed Shrike, is a very rare visitor from Central Asia to the UK. Along with the closely related Daurian Shrike it was once considered one of the sub-species of Isabelline Shrike.
#turkestanshrike
#birdart

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Dr. Oliver Demuth @oliverdemuth.bsky.social · 8d

Last week our in press manuscript was made available at @jexpbiol.bsky.social with the typeset version following soon. We conducted ex vivo XROMM experiments to determine the joint mobility in Red legged partridges and compared them with in silico simulations: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Accepted manuscript. Oliver E. Demuth, John R. Hutchinson, Vittorio La Barbera, Sharon E. Warner, Daniel J. Field; Soft tissue constraints on joint mobility in the avian shoulder. J Exp Biol 2025; jeb.250952. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250952

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 2d

Dropping in - a flock of Marbled Godwits arriving at the roost site. Bodega Bay, CA #birds #shorebirds

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Alan Pearse @arpearse.bsky.social · 2d

My anti-research assistant, Dr Boris B. Bayes, PhD. His research interests include
(1) Optimal methods for screaming louder than 120dB,
(2) Finding excuses to bite, and
(3) Figuring out where fruit and almonds come from and how to make them appear on command.

Green cheek conure sitting on a shoulder

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Tsupi_WBSY カラリーマン @tsupi-wbsy.bsky.social · 3d

ヤマガラの秋🍂
Varied tits enjoying autumn

#BirdArt

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 2d

A new paper I'm on is out today! Primarily the work of @evodevoba.bsky.social, we found that distinguishing skull features among chicken-like and duck-like birds do not always arise later than shared similarities during embryonic development. evodevojournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 🪶🧪

Chart showing the embryonic development of the skull in a chicken, a quail, a duck, and a goose.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 4d

Book spread for a new coastal book project: Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #birds #BirdArt #BirdArtists

Book spread illustration of flying and standing Brown Pelicans, illustrated in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.

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Kieran (But Spookier) @toadally.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, we all like fireflies, right? Of course we do! So please: LEAVE YOUR LEAVES! Firefly larvae need the protection that fallen leaves provide to complete their life cycle. Even just allowing part of your yard to be covered with leaves can help the arthropods/invertebrates/microfauna living there.

a firefly is glowing brightly in the dark

ALT: a firefly is glowing brightly in the dark

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 5d

Delightful 1940s book that shows that people have always understood Weird Duck Time

Cover of a book called Ducks are different with illustrations by Angus H. Shortt showing a cartoonish but accurate drawing of a bufflehead duck facing the viewer

Cartoon of a hooded meganser showing accurate colouration but exaggerating the size of the feet and showing it with a deranged expression and the wierd "teeth" that they have

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Jeope! @jeope.bsky.social · 5d

I visited the office for a work function (I work at home), and was happy to find these ruddy duck (aka best duck) items on display: a needle-felt ruddy on a coworker’s desk, and an 80-year-old watercolour by our first staff artist. #birds

A needle-felted ruddy duck on an empty desk.

A framed watercolour painting of a ruddy duck by Angus Shortt, from 1945.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 6d

Therizinosaurs are, without a doubt, some of the most interesting groups of theropod dinosaurs

Here you have a selection of a few species that I reconstructed for the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan for their 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition

#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

Various therizinosaurs on a blank background and at scale. From left to right: Fukuivenator, Falcarius, Beipiaosaurus, Alxasaurus and Therizinosaurus

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 5d

The plumage of a Least Bittern is excellent camouflage for the marsh environment. I have a hard time spotting these birds unless they are on the move.

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