#(not scientific)

[humanoidhistory]

Total eclipse of the Sun, July 1860, illustrated by astronomer Warren de la Rue.

[fondesmode]

reblolgos for bigger sample size :))

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[dinosaurguy]

This is a positive post

[beausbugbiome]

Y’all, I am SO excited about this new beetle that was just discovered!!!!

The freshly-discovered new species of longhorn beetle, Excastra albopilosa. Image credit: James Tweed

Detailed photographs of the Excastra albopilosa specimen found by James Tweed. Image credits: Lingzi Zhou, Australian National Insect Collection

[ratsoda]

gays help me out, also leave your answer + your orientation in the tags

[goomyloid]

FOCUS!

[logandria]

The Making of a Monster

[smithsonianlibraries]

A variety of possible fur patterns for Dutch and English rabbits respectively from William E. Castle’s Contributions to the genetics of the domestic rabbit (1932).

Full text here.

[clawmarks]

The naturalist's library - Sir William Jardine - 1833 - via Internet Archive

[pangur-and-grim]

in school, I used to get so confused because teachers would either love me or hate me, with no in-between (regardless of how well I did in their class). but now I finally understand!

I think the teachers who loved me were neurodivergents who used their ant pheromones to pick up on my baby autist status, and coddle me accordingly. and the teachers who hated me were just normal folk who sensed that I was something different and yucky and got icked out.

[humanoidhistory]

The life cycle of the Sun from cloud of gas to black dwarf cinder, illustrated by Davis Meltzer for the National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe, 1980.

[nemfrog]

"Various urodele amphbians, not all to the same scale." The life of vertebrates. 1962.

Internet Archive

[bedupolker]

Snowfleas, a type of springtail, remain active even during winter. They produce a biological equivalent of antifreeze in their blood. Happy December!

[rocketsockit]

starbuck :)

[j-tee]

Here’s a small part of a way larger project I’ve been working on (do expect photos of that at some point in the near-ish future).