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@mathenson.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:30 PM

Screenshot Sunday! Get your raincoats. Next set of milestone(s) completed! But as usual, screenshots of the coming release 'Pelagic' & 'Susurrus' #GameDev #WebGPU #NaturalHistory 👂🌧️🌊🏊‍♀️👂

@ai-art-a-day.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 4:01 PM

Nautilus Chamber Cross-Section Scientific Print
#ScientificIllustration #LithographPrint #NaturalHistory #AIArt

A detailed scientific illustration of a nautilus shell shown in cross-section, rendered in the style of a vintage botanical or natural history engraving. The drawing uses intricate stippling and fine line work in dark brown and black ink against a cream-colored background.

The cutaway view reveals the shell's interior architecture, displaying the characteristic logarithmic spiral with progressively larger chambers radiating outward from the center. The innermost spiral features a subtle blue accent, providing a focal point amid the otherwise monochromatic composition. The chambers are separated by curved walls with delicate, finger-like projections along their edges.

Three anatomical labels appear in elegant cursive script along the left side, with thin guide lines pointing to specific structures: "Septa" indicating the dividing walls between chambers, "Siphuncle" marking the tube that connects the chambers, and "Phragmocone" identifying the chambered portion of the shell overall.

The illustration captures the mathematical beauty of the nautilus's golden spiral geometry with meticulous crosshatching and dot-work shading that creates depth and dimension. The overall aesthetic evokes 18th or 19th-century natural history documentation, combining scientific accuracy with artistic craftsmanship.

@abyssangler.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:15 PM

Finished the hermit crab 😁 This style is definitely one I want to keep developing. I've got to try and nail far distances with fine liner to avoid anything looking too flat.

#SciArt #NatureArt #art #illustration #naturalhistory #sealife

A fine liner drawing of a hermit crab amongst rocks and seaweed on the ocean floor.

@columbiaup.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:02 PM

Now available! To understand how these creatures swindle their way to survival, LIARS, CHEATS, AND COPYCATS reveals the science behind camouflage, mimicry, and masquerade. buff.ly/pwlpxUx #Evolution #AnimalBehavior #NaturalHistory #Wildlife #Biology #ScienceBooks

Graphic announcing the release of Liars, Cheats, and Copycats: Trickery and Deception in Nature by James O’Hanlon. The black book cover features illustrations of animals and plants, including an octopus, tiger, zebra, butterflies, fish, and a large red flower. A quote from Martin How calls the book “A wonderful tour through the world of deception in animal and plant biology.” Text reads: “Now Available!” and “Save 20% with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.”

@wisdompedlars.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 9:48 AM

IT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions
ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...

@wedigbio.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:38 AM

Today at Field Museum 26 volunteers curated over 500 moss specimens for digitization! #wedigbio #scienceforall #naturalhistory

@romanceofbooks.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:55 PM

Le petit Rolle Violet by Jacques Barraband for ‘Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celles des toucans et des barbus’ by François Levaillant. Paris: Chez Denné le jeune, 1806.

University of Chicago Special Collections.

#naturalhistory #rarebooks #birdart

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:02 PM

☠️🦇 The Death’s Head Hoverfly 🦇💀

Behind its #comicbook nickname lies a far older and darker story.

#Batman #Bat #Hoverfly #flies #Insects #pollinator #nature #NaturalHistory #Autumn #NatureNotes
#Superheroes #Insectlife #Comic

hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

@beatdarwingame.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:00 AM

Yesterday's animal: the Waterberg Rock Gecko!

A new animal is ready. Darwin is confident. Fix that.

https://beatdarwin.com

#beatdarwin #WaterbergRockGecko #DidYouGetIt #FollowFriday #NaturalHistory

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:35 PM

🐞 Instars & Adults of Dock Bug 🐛

Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)

#DockBug #ShieldBug #Autumn #Wildlife #NaturalHistory #NatureWalk #ForestFinds #HiddenWonders #StayCurious

@dododinosauruk.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:10 PM

Our latest #ExtraordinaryExtinct illustrations are taking shape in the studio and we’re going back to some of the OGs of prehistoric pop culture- here’s Dimetrodon!

Which creature should we bring to life next? 👇

#Dimetrodon #Palaeontology #PrehistoricLife #Fossils #NaturalHistory #DinosaurLovers

@askjordon.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:24 PM

Natural history societies a way to connect with others who are interested in exploring nature #academia #ecology #naturalhistory #research #networking

@bhgross144.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:43 PM

**A tale of two #museums**

@inquirer.com reports there's no "white knight" coming to rescue Philly's Academy of Natural Sciences: www.inquirer.com/arts/academy...

@kcur.org on community efforts to save the Sternberg Museum of #NaturalHistory: www.kcur.org/arts-life/20...

#paleontology #NatHist 🗃️📜

Headline from the Philadelphia Inquirer: There's a lot of love for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Where's the rescue?

Source: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiainquirer/posts/pfbid02USPH7t1wVzCWr2nrA67JFw5bz5HuPvXxopqcXr7EV5W7NCyLntxdXpxuceELWmCkl

Headline from KCUR: Kansas' Sternberg Museum of Natural History may be saved, for now, after community steps up

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeMyHUEjBUW/?img_index=1

@romanceofbooks.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:36 PM

Minerals from “The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia,” published by Dictionary and Cyclopedia Co., 1900.

#naturalhistory #chromolithograph #minerals #sciart

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:03 AM

🌳 🍄 🌿 Epiphytic community 🍃 🌱 🌲

What community do you belong to??
Consider joining mine to learn all about Nature’s joy.

#Fungi #Lichen #Mosses #Bryophytes #Community #Nature #NaturalHistory #NatureWalk #ForestFinds #HiddenWonders #StayCurious

Epiphytic community - Mosses, Lichens and Fungi

@rem00artz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:43 AM

It had been a while since I remembered how to pin insects, and this is definitely the biggest specimen I’ve ever handled. It took a few tweaks on the spreading board, but I eventually got the process done! 🌿
#entomology #insectpinning #moth #vultureculture #naturalhistory

@romanceofbooks.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:33 AM

Beetle chromolithograph from ‘The Intellectual Observer’ periodical published in London in 1863.

#naturalhistory #sciart #insectart

@palaeonavix.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:10 PM

The Pantelosaurus slab went to the Museum in Chemnitz, soon on exhibition. 1st press event with living phylo, joined by officials from the Geological Servey, city, museum, and State Minister! sl1nk.com/ly9xl91

#pantelosaurus #synapsid #pelycosaur #permian #museum #NaturalHistory #Saxony #vertabrate

@bioone.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:20 PM

Spotlight on #S2O partner Northwest Science from @nwscience.bsky.social, publishing papers on natural history and general science topics, with a focus on the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada.

Discover more: bio-one.co/nwsc
Learn about S2O: bio-one.co/s2o

#OpenAccess #NaturalHistory

@bioone.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:04 PM

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#Biology #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience #NaturalHistory #AcademicSky

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