Paris' necropolis is a famed Labyrinth beneath the city, dating back centuries. Be mindful when going down: people who aren't careful can find unstable locales and go missing, in a fatal way. #WyrdWednesday

Oh yeah, that’s the stuff 💛 🐝#GardenSky #Bees

In honor of Spooky Season, let's talk about this little goth turtle, who looks prepared to go as an /actual ninja/ for Halloween. This is, in fact, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, from a subspecies of Galapagos tortoise with scientific name: 'Chelonoidis niger porteri'.

These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great outdoors before they perish.

A little budding Cortinarius violaceus, AKA Violet Cort, in dampened light growing from a bed of thick moss 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/2.8, 1/13, ISO 400 Stack of 35 images 10/18/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Motor hearse, 1905. Many thought motor-hearse speed was disrespectful compared to the dignified pace of a horse-drawn hearse. "We don't want to hurry to the cemetery," is the universal remark of those who object to the motor hearse. collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=...

Now you see, sir, how your fooling grows old, and people dislike it.

I’ve finished another needle felted piece of terrain….all made from wool :-) It’s so satisfying!

You may think this is just a fox until: *Sproing* go the big furry ears. This is the aptly-named BAT-EARED FOX (Otocyon megalotis), native to the African savannah. The Latin name means "dog-ear big-ears" & she's very sensitive about it, so NO GOSSIPING (she can hear you from a continent away).

🪳 Giant stick insect found in Australian treetops Meet Acrophylla alta, a newly discovered 40cm insect that might be Australia’s heaviest. Found high in Queensland’s canopy, it has stayed hidden until now. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #SciComm 🧪

Combining all the terrifying aspects of a wasp & a scorpion, this male common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) has a secret: that's not a scorpion stinger on his tail. (📷: Charles J. Sharp)

It’s #WorldEmbroideryDay ! I make #SciArt #embroidery of #anatomy and #symptomatology. After I got sick with #MECFS in 2015 I started stitching as a more restorative creative practice than my previous music and theatre work.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Jet mourning necklace carved in the form of a faceted-link chain with bell-flower pendants, c. 1870s-1880s. collections.mfa.org/objects/1165...

This is a remarkable document for a mainstream media outlet to publish. (gift link) wapo.st/3IRLZn6

Nasturtium is a beautiful, edible plant with a peppery taste. The flowers are fairly mild, while the leaves are stronger. I also like freezing the flowers into ice cubes for a fun beverage addition. #GardenSky #BloomScrolling

We hung Scorpius, I am in love ⭐️ I’ll take some more pics and video later once it’s fully dark. #SciArt #FrameOfReference

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No one knows the true purpose of the Shell Grotto at Margate in Kent, and it could have been built any time in the last three thousand years, with a massive dome and arched doorways. Connected to freemasonry, pagans, and others, the site remains a mystery. #MythologyMonday

I became fascinated by witches because one of female poisoners in my upcoming book mixed arsenic & black magic in her murders. She didn't use poppets (also called voodoo dolls) but she did use black candles & curses. I now have a whole chapter about women and witchcraft. And I now follow Tad Baker.

Check out this cool astrocyte multitasking in the brain! It manages a blood vessel on one side while supporting a neuron on the other. Everything in the brain, from blood vessels to neurons, is interconnected! 🔬 🧠 #microscopy #Neuroscience

Latest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography: Mongillo et al., "A Heavy Issue: Changes in Body Size in London Before, During and After the Black Death." Uses the bioarchaeological data from London cemeteries. (No chimps, despite 🐒) #OpenAccess 🧪🗃️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I haven’t shared Doucet’e early #1900s bee dress in a while and it is perfect bee weather so here it is. The white background highlights the unusual embroidery darting about the surface of the gown, each striped insect alighting on different parts of the dress #madparis #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

One of my favourite designers, Charles James, was born #OTD in 1906. I remember 15 years ago in New York, a pattern cutter telling me that cutting a Charles James pattern was the sign of the highest level of skill. This 1946 gown illustrates all of that at work @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Always a fan of a dramatic sleeve, this is a medievalesque statement in red velvet by the #1930s designer #Molyneux. It combines the form fitting drape of the period with these floor length sleeves, strictly not for dining but for posing imperiously #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

From the side it almost appears as if a mermaid is emerging from her glistening tail to take human form and step ashore to wreak havoc and heartbreak. In reality it is a mid #1920s blue velvet gown by Callot Soeurs with a wonderfully expansive train #newfieldstoday #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Very cool that cis people can just access hormones willy nilly but trans people have to jump through a million hoops to get the same exact treatment

Edible flowers in the garden, part 1! Borage has a mild cucumber flavor and is a fun addition to salads. More ideas here: www.bbc.co.uk/food/borage

Never change, England

Were you a curious kid? Maybe you spent some time looking at antlion pit traps? They're also called "doodle bugs" because they leave meandering paths in the sandy soils they call home. The 'antlion' is actually the larval form of a type of lacewing, often confused for dragonflies.

#Invertebrate dress by Iris Van Herpen. #SciArt #Couture

Oh, hello little praying mantis 💚 #GardenSky #BugSky

BEHOLD! One of Earth's greatest lineages of life: the lil wiggle arm guys, Meteora. These single-celled critters, originally found in deep-sea sediments, are SO DIFFERENT from other lifeforms on Earth that they're likely in their own kingdom (as in, the Animal Kingdom, the Plant Kingdom etc). 🧪🌿

Hi Bluesky! I just launched my Big Cartel fabric art shop, and I was wondering if you could help spread the word? All of my creations are designed, hand-sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Any sales are colossally appreciated. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Saw a Virginia creeper sphinx moth!

Crocheted a geode, like you do 🧶 #crochet

This weekend I learned what cranberry flowers look like. Much like a lot of the other plants in the pine barrens ecosystem they are vaguely spooky and very pretty.

Phronima-mom-enon prints now in my shop! She also comes in a spectacularly larger than life 13"x19" if you come to one of my in person events. Thinking about also doing some life size stickers... let me know if you would want one. 🦑🐙🐡 shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/product/phro...

“Even now, one in eight children under the age of five in Nigeria dies from vaccine-preventable diseases, but it used to be considerably worse.” #MedSky #PedSky #PublicHealth 🧪

So what does the perfect desert creature eat? Ants, just like their distant Texas cousins! They can eat THOUSANDS of ants in a single day, using a slightly sticky tongue to slurp them up. Thick dermal plates protect them from the ants' stinging defenses, tough claws let them dig into mounds.

Between June 2024 and January 2025, a full 62% of commercial honey bee colonies in the U.S. died, the largest on record. USDA efforts were slowed by funding cuts and layoffs. Now, USDA scientists have finally identified a culprit. But it may be too late. www.science.org/content/arti...

You're looking at the skin of a broadnose shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) under high magnification on SEM. The structures shown are called 'denticles', which in Latin means "little teeth," because they're made of dentin and enamel with a pulp interior, just like a human tooth. (🔬: Sue Lindsay, AM)

Gashadokuro is often portrayed as a single large skeleton eating the living like yogurt pops, but it exists more as a tragedy. Its name means starving skeleton because it is made of multiple human skeletons, of those who died in famine. #LegendaryWednesday 🖼: K. Utagawa

hey, i made a terrible comic instead of working #makeaterriblecomicday2025

Huge thanks to Benj Plackett & the @nature.com journalism team for featuring our tardigrade 🧠🔬🧬 work! Means so much as an early-career researcher building community + tools (neural atlas, GCaMP strain, behavior) now based in @gaou-ak.bsky.social Lab @ IAB Tsuruoka 🇯🇵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's so hot today in Texas, the buildings are melting.🫠 Actually, this is a mural on a flat, blank wall by🧑‍🎨 Cosimo Cheone Caiffa in Milano, Italy (presumably sponsored by a local ophthalmologist 😉).

I have one celestial ghost bag remaining in my shop! She took a long time to make because I hand-sewed her, and I hand-embroidered all the stars and planets on her front and back. jeremycreature.etsy.com

Artists are everywhere! Just look at this gorgeous web. An orb weaver I think? #invertebrates #spiders 🌿

Doc Duck says, “Poke’em if you’ve got’em!” So happy my baby got the MMR vaccine.

Happy Father's day as well to all the bug dads. Male water bugs, Belostomatidae, carry their partner's eggs around on their backs until they hatch, making sure the temperature and oxygen levels are acceptable, and the predators are at bay.