Swamp Francolin aka Swamp Partridge (Francolinus gularis), family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

photograph by सुगम ताम्राकार

Yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor)

The most widespread species of duiker, these can be found in forests across tropical Africa. They eat mostly fruits, but also leaves, roots, and occasionally small animals. The word duiker comes from the Dutch and Afrikaans word for ‘diver’, which refers to these antelopes’ habit of diving into the underbrush when threatened.

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Gary Ladner 

Terrestrial Isopod jewelry by Idle Talons

Visualizing Wingtip Vortices

At the ends of an airplane’s wings, the pressure difference between air on top of the wing and air below it creates a swirling vortex that extends behind the aircraft. In this video, researchers recreate this wingtip vortex in a wind tunnel, visualized with laser-illuminated smoke.  (Video and image credit: M. Couliou et al.) Read the full article

Some hungry Abrictosaurus consors checking out a dried out river bed in Early Jurassic South Africa

Scarce Silverstreak (Iraota rochana), family Lycaenidae, SIngapore

photograph by Chuassam Sam

Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, NW Ecuador

photograph by Jorge Luis Cruz Alcivar The Magic Birding and Bird Photo Circuit of Ecuador

Tiger Moth (Barsine rubricostata), family Erebidae, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Ollie Meidinger

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2003 I decided that if I was daft enough to limit myself to palaeoart, I should be able to supply clients with 2 and 3D reconstructions. Adding 3D work to my services would increase the number of potential commissions considerably. I started with Dippy the Diplodocus, at the London NHM. The late Angela Milner was kind enough to meet with me to discuss Dippy, and I sculpted most of the model, but I never finished it.

Slaty-backed Forktail (Enicurus schistaceus), family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by Latika Das

Jackson's chameleon, cleaned from a mummified state using oxidation.

Kaisar-I-Hind Swallowtail (Teinopalpus imperialis), family Papilionidae, Chiang Mai, Thailand

photographs by Antonio Giudici

Welcome Ardenna buchananbrowni, a recently described diving shearwater from the Pliocene Tangahoe Formation of New Zealand

northern flickers my beloved

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