Featured post time. Here's a throwback to the Carboniferous period. Pretty much all we have to go on for this is some tooth whorls and a couple of connecting bones. matildaslab.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/s...#scicomm#sciart

Sarcoprion

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Let's kick the week off with another map of life addition. In an effort to add a large and previously unrepresented group, here is the medicinal leech. #sciart#scicomm

The #sundayfishsketch#sciartseptember brief is ‘Happily ever after’ so I’ve drawn a blackbelly rosefish. A species that has made a great recovery from a once threatened conservation status.

Featured post time. For those who consider the Rolling Stones to be metaphorical fossils, the irony of this is not lost on me. matildaslab.wordpress.com/2021/01/06/m...#mickjagger#scicomm

Mick Jagger & Aegrotocatellus jaggeri

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Map of Life time again. Today we add in the Holocephali, the sister group to sharks and rays which was once hugely diverse but now only has about 50 living species, like the Gulf Chimaera #sciart#scicomm

This one took me a while. Today’s #SundayFiskSketch brief was “Hidden” so I went for one of the best camouflage artists that I could think of. Somehow, I ended up doing this sea dragon in a different style than my usual works.

Newsletter time: This week we get homey. We have high-flying microbes, mind-bending pregnancy, a new earthly planetary force, atomic black holes, the rings of Earth and a Houdini eel. open.substack.com/pub/matildas...

Matilda's Lab Newsletter #66

This week we get homey. We have high-flying microbes, mind-bending pregnancy, a new earthly planetary force, atomic black holes, the rings of Earth and a Houdini eel.

My new single has just hit Spotify and Apple Music. Lunar Light takes a look at the origins of our unusual moon and the vital role that it has played in the formation of life on Earth and the influence it continues to wield over it. Platform specific links in the comments: linktr.ee/chrismacalis...

Time for some new content. We've seen a few cases of species being named after current world leaders of the time (particularly US presidents). Today's Notorious Namesake shows that this is by no means a new practice. matildaslab.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/n...#scicomm#napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte & Napoleonaea imperialis

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After a poor showing the last couple of weeks, let's get more featured posts out. Today, we celebrate the rostrum again with the long nosed sawfish (actually a shark). matildaslab.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/l...#sciart

Largetooth Sawfish

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