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prasadnatarajan.bsky.social
Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) on African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulate), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, from my sketchbook.

1/4 Ink on Paper

#art #birds #sciart #scientificillustration #birdart #traditionalart #illustration #nature #indianwildlifeartist #scicomm #ink #sketchbook
Black spiral binding of the sketchbook, brown bamboo brush with black bristles. Black and white ink handmade work on paper, foliage of African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulate) and buds of the same tree. A sharp pointy bill, white throat, black iris, crown with a crest pointing upwards a sign of alertness. Flowers of the same tree blooming behind the crest. Round body of the Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) perched on a branch of the tree, bit of the bottom part of its tail is visible. Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) on African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulate), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, from my sketchbook. My health is slowly improving, and I’m rarely in my studio. Have made a few studies using ink in my new sketchbook, watching bulbuls, sunbirds, and flowerpeckers. Watching birds from my window and balcony soothes my soul and is something I anticipate each day. The occasional koel song is delightful to my ears. This year, it seems like spring is early, and my neighboring trees started flowering in full flow. Their bright colors are a sight to behold! The Neeru Kayi mara buds remind me of my childhood days of squirting them on friends, their powerful odor, color and the victims’ reactions are such days to relive again. Sharing one page from my latest sketchbook post my surgery. Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) African Tulip Tree (Spathodea campanulate) Title: Penance_61! Medium: Ink on paper Size: 8.1/4 x 11.1/2 inches (20.5x28.1 cms) size,180GSM Sketchbook Paper Duration: 5 Hour 56 minutes Location: Mango Grove Art Gallery/Studio, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India October 21st, 2025 Reference image: Own Reference image
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
A redo of yesterday's Great Blue Heron sketch (Ardea herodias), this time in mixed pencils and gouache. ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons
Pencil and opaque watercolor drawing of the head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, drawn on blue pastel paper.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
A quick Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sketch. Colored pencils, ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons
Colored pencil drawing of the head and neck of a large heron, seen in profile.
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
climateages.bsky.social
Every day, 40,000 tons of space dust hit Earth.

Some grains survive and trap oxygen from our air inside them.

Scientists just found 4 still holding that oxygen after tens or even hundreds of millions of years.

Every shooting star writes our planet’s story.
🧪 #SciComm
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Scientists Found Ancient Air Trapped in Space Dust!
Scientists just discovered something incredible - cosmic dust grains that act as perfect time capsules, preserving Earth's ancient atmosphere for millions of years. These 4 microscopic particles…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
sensoryecology.bsky.social
“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”

#scicomm

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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers'
Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the background.
www.sciencealert.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
sensoryecology.bsky.social
“A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.”

#scicomm

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Oldest Known Maya Monument Could Be a Map of The Universe
A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.
www.sciencealert.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
climateages.bsky.social
252 million years ago, Siberian volcanoes caused Earth's biggest extinction.
But humans now release CO₂ 200x faster than those ancient eruptions

It's not about total amounts, it's about speed.

Volcanoes: 0.02-0.13 gigatons/year
Humans: 36 gigatons/year
🧪 #SciComm
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252 Million Years Ago, Volcanoes Released This Much CO2. Humans Did It 200x Faster
It’s not how much carbon was released, it’s how fast
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November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Red Maple (Acer rubrum), East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven #maples #NativeTrees
A photo of a branch of bright orange and red Red Maple leaves, as they appear in autumn.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
An autumn evening on the Mill River, East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven
A warm, orange-dominated river scene at dusk, with sunset clouds overhead, and autumn forests along the riverbanks.
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
lauriewallmark.bsky.social
Happy birthday, Hedy! Learn more about this amazing woman in my book, HEDY LAMARR'S DOUBLE LIFE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians #educators #homeschoolers #bookstagram #booktok #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #STEMeducation #GirlsInSTEM #edtechchat #biography
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
Oi, we did it!! 🥳

Opening #Bluesky after the #weekend, we have made it to more than 5000 #followers! Thanks so much to all of you for your interest in our work!🥰🧑‍🔬

We will now raffle out 10 #GoodieBags among you – we'll keep in touch!

@maxplanck.de #marinescience #marineresearch #scicomm
mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · Oct 10
We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏

As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑‍🔬

It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩

@maxplanck.de #marinescience
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
pjsaez.bsky.social
I love to see the endoplasmic reticulum (ER, cyan) hitchhiking over microtubules (MTs, orange).

Also the membrane dynamics are lovely.

It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy
#scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
moohoodles.bsky.social
Live on #Twitch with space & astrobiology news #scicomm, then playing some games! Either more Dispatch or No Man's Sky expedition :D
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🪐 Astrobiology & Space News! ✨ Games later!
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
garlab.bsky.social
Which ancient fish are you? #GarWeek

#Conservation #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Good morning from the Quinnipiac River Gorge, Connecticut, USA. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
Photo of the Quinnipiac River in Meriden, Connecticut, USA, as it passes through the Quinnipiac Gorge area, with the surrounding trees in autumn foliage. The gorge is a narrow glacially-created valley between two taller bedrock formations.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
rister.bsky.social
Excited to return as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila 🪰Neurobiology course in 2026!
Application Deadline: March 27
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Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits & Behavior
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
juangarciaruiz.bsky.social
Why do most mammals have thick fur 🐒, while humans are nearly hairless except in select spots🧔?

Our sweating-based cooling demanded less fur, but we kept dense hair in areas that guard sensitive skin and boost chemical communication.

#SciComm 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Succession and evolution in a pond environment. From my coming book PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, ~January 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #succession #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #freshwater #ecology
Four-part diagram on how ponds in the eastern U.S. evolve over time, from open water, to emergent marsh, and later to shrub swamps and tree-dominated swamps.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
easternblot.bsky.social
From tomorrow, there is an excellent exhibit at the National Gallery in London where you can see Joseph Wright of Derby's science-themed paintings. I had a chance to see a preview earlier this week and wrote about it for the Forbes website. #scicomm #sciart 🐡 #london

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The Artist Who Captured 18th Century Science Demonstrations
Joseph Wright of Derby was one of the first people to document public scientific lectures during the Enlightenment period.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
garlab.bsky.social
She’s GARFUNKEL!

Thank you all so much for your suggestions and voting! We will be sure to adjust Garfunkel’s legal documents accordingly.

#GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
icedoctord.bsky.social
Just now in front of McMurdo Station. Very rare to see Emperor's come right up to the front of McMurdo Station, especially so early in the summer. #scicomm 🧪
Penguins on sea ice in Antarctica
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
On the vital role of biofilms in pond environments. For a new book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, coming from Yale University Press in early 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #biofilms
A book page spread illustrating the important role that biofilms of microorganisms play in breaking down leaves and other plant and organic matter, at the base of pond and lake food chains.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
brittanytrang.com
Thrilled to meet my longtime #scicomm hero @ehmee.bsky.social at #SciWri25 today

and also shocked at how many people who would love her work have not heard of The Brain Scoop!

you simply MUST watch her series documenting taxidermying a wolf!! (TW: gross) youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
visualscience.bsky.social
#VisualScience #AcademicSky #GraphicDesign #SciArt #Scisky #SciComm #Science #Behavioral #Research 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
juangarciaruiz.bsky.social
Why do humans need better cooling than furry mammals? 🏃‍♂️☀️

We evolved to run and stay active for hours in hot, open environments. Losing most fur and sweating a lot lets us cool down quickly, much better than breathing fast or resting in the shade like most mammals.

#SciComm 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM