Great Currasow (Costa Rica) Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts The reclusive Great Currasow is sadly on the Vulnerable list. I felt fortunate to see one this close. #birds #ornithology #photography #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #GreatCurrasow

Great surprise today at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History today. Unbeknownst to me, a Diplichnites trackway I collected from my backyard when I was 12 and donated when I was 19 is now on display in the new Stories Week Keep gallery. What an honor.

Sauropods xkcd.com/3185/

Happy #MosasaurMonday from our new Tylosaurus. Nolan! This 25 foot long specimen is nearly complete and we're taking it apart bone by bone, getting it ready for collections. The largest jacket from the site was a huge dining room table-sized slab weighing in at nearly 500 pounds. 🧪

Shigeru Mizuki's THE DEFINITIVE YOKAI FIELD GUIDE is coming to English this April! The was a personal request by Mizuki to have translated--the last such request he made. He felt it was the culmination of his work as an educator on Yokai. amzn.to/4jmUDIG @dandq.bsky.social

Some people really do be like: "nah, our modern day image of dinosaurs is boring and stupid"...

Dinocember - Day 29 - Smok #dinocember2025

I'm sure I've asked this before, but does anyone know who I should get in touch with for vanilla-style Zoo Tycoon 2 mods? I'd love to commission some but I have absolutely no idea who, if anyone, offers anything like that.

In the season of Santa and weather so bleak, Three natural history nerds take a peek At young ancient mammals, so fluffy and twee As seen on the new show on Apple TV. chasmosaurs.com/2025/12/29/p...

A New Age of Reptiles: The Valentine Skiptoe Avian diversity in the New Age of Reptiles is truly staggering, exceeding our timeline in both morphological diversity and species count. Galloanserans are especially successful, occupying many niches taken by neoavians in our world. (1/9)

A group of Dinanomodon guoi is feeding beside a stream. Nearby, two Moschowhaitsia lidaqingi, large carnivorous therocephalians, are looking for an opportunity to hunt. Across the stream, a pair of Turfanodon jiufengensis are resting.

Sketch studies of the new whole-plant bennettitale described last week, Ohaniella.

A short break from the Mesozoic… here’s a European Homotherium latidens trying its hunting skills during the latest ice age some 12,000 years ago. #paleoart #sciart #prehistoricmammal

A new little one for the ‘Night of Artists’ exhibition at the Briscoe Western Art Museum opening in March 2026. “The Cold Shoulder.” 10”x12”, oil on linen.

A New Age of Reptiles: The Valentine Skiptoe Avian diversity in the New Age of Reptiles is truly staggering, exceeding our timeline in both morphological diversity and species count. Galloanserans are especially successful, occupying many niches taken by neoavians in our world. (1/9)

F. Snoodijk, T. Calderón, G.A. Lyras & A.A.E. van der Geer (2025) Delayed skeletal maturity in dwarf, medium and giant Pleistocene insular deer (Candiacervus) indicating a slower life history regardless size shift Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144: 78 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

decked out in her breeding plumage, arizona's most eligible dilophosaurus debutante takes a much-needed rest by a stream. who knew that competing for a mate could be such an exhausting endeavour? #paleoart comm by @literallymiguel.bsky.social

I've recently acquired a macro lens attachment for my phone. Still working out how to use it but it's fun! Happy #Invertefest from some bug friends!

Look at the teensy front legs and giant back legs on these steneosaurs

Adding to the collection of theropods with weird hands described this year. Duonychus, Mexidracon and the already posted Manipulonyx.

Here's another crinoid (for a tutorial video in Patreon) #crinoid #InverteFest #SciArt

Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost

Since it came up in a conversation I ended up googling if the rhinos in the Salzburg Zoo get out in Winter and not only do they, it also makes for some impressive photos Images by Manuel Bukovics

Dougal Dixon’s Lank from The New Dinosaurs got a lot of flack over the years, but surely the Flarp was always the sillier of the two? Even during a time when bipedality was a seriously considered model for pterosaur locomotion, the Flarp is just nonsensical. It makes FAR more sense as a dinosaur.

Before we close out 2025, here is Walking with Dinosaurs thread number 4 (and a bit) – this time, The Pack, my personal favourite episode. It follows the young Albertosaurus Rose as she faces the trials and tribulations of the ancient Horseshoe Canyon– will she succeed? (1/60)

I've been trying this sort of quick-and-dirty approach to painting over my Blender models recently, and I'm really enjoying it! (...I've only just realised those horns are too far forward) #sciart #paleoart

New taxonomic history paper: The authorship of Barosaurus africanus gracilis (currently Tornieria gracilis; Dinosauria, Sauropoda), and designation of a lectotype www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/...

Is anyone else nostalgic for this era of Polacanthus reconstructions? It's one of the iconic, formative dinosaur "looks" that has no real equivalent in our modern understanding of dinosaurs and I can't help but miss it. (Art by Bernard Robinson, Neave Parker, Barry Driscoll, and Sergio)

Here’s a sneak peak at another #lego model I’ve had the chance to work on depicting recently published Late Triassic animals, specifically the little amphibian Ninumbeehan! More details and builds coming soon! #paleoart #paleontology #scicomm #scienceart #biology #legomoc #afol

Sue under construction in late '99/early '00, first in Phil Fraley's shop and then in Stanley Field Hall. At this point the Field wasn't sure about keeping the name Sue. There was even a renaming contest—"Dakota" won, but ultimately the T. rex kept the name it already had. #FossilFriday

Discovery of a mud‐covering cephalopod evidences the complex life habits in the abyss - Mejía‐Saenz - 2025 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A #PrehistoricPlanet Christmas, borrowed from jurassic_world_clipz on TikTok :) Merry Christmas everyone!

Acanthostrongylophora sponge & some friends recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CX3...

Manipuloyx, a new alvarezsaur with really fascinating hands! The condition of the fingers isn't that unusual for the clade but the OSTEODERMS on the hand are new!

Been a long while since I posted here..... Have a latest piece by me! A commission I did for Ben G Thomas' vid on the Loch Ness Monster.

Paleoart commissions opened! Feel free to contact me. I have experience working on various books and papers, with the most notable artwork being the cover of the 4th issue of Volume 44 of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

You know what, lets make this easier! Below are all the formation pieces done this year, what were your favorites this year, which ones are you looking forward to! Bugti Hills, Bahariya, Rio do Rasto, Gigantopithecus assemblage...

(1/2) Alright a couple of cool stuff. First finally finished the Megalosaurus project, with this one I wanted to do something different, in regards to how Id present it, and something like, pictures from a book just clicked with me. All the renders -> cara.app/post/9d0ceb1...

Doubt raised about whether Rice's whale (close relative of Bryde's and Eden's whale) should be a species given that genetic divergence could be caused by a recent bottleneck from whaling, and not true inability to interbreed with other species onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

It's #ChristmasEve, so I depicted Parasaurolophus under UV light, lit up like a Christmas tree - you can check out the rationale of this #paleoart on my #Patreon if you're already bored of holiday TV. Oh, and Happy Christmas to those who celebrate! #sciart #fossils www.patreon.com/posts/146578...

We are NOMINATED‼️ This gonna be the LAST CHANCE for anime adaptation, and I believe we have the power to make it happen! Please VOTE for Dinosaur Sanctuary from the link below▼ anime-japan.jp/activities/a... I'll show you how to vote in the replay below.

I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Mieridduryn! #paleoart #opabinia

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I tidied up this little thumbnail (of approximately 100 × 60 mm). It's all I could manage for now. 🥲

Elk are reindeer-like, and reindeer are synonymous with Christmas, so, here's an elk photo! Happy holidays, everyone 📷 Canon R5 Mk II Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM Av, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400, 500mm 12/12/25 Northern Oregon Coast #wildlife #animals #mammals #elk 🦌

Merry Christmas from Charles Knight's saddest little mammoth!

Merry Christmas, to one and all!

Merychippus everyone!