Smilodon fatalis is the most well known sabertooth cat. Yet depictions of this extinct species differ very widely, from popular media to museums and scientific recreations. Here are my attempts, which do you like best and feel is the most accurate or realistic?
#smilodon #pleistocene #megafauna
Preliminary in situ observations of the archibenthal #megafauna on the continental slope of the Atacama Trench off Peninsula de Mejillones, Northern Chile
doi.org/10.3897/arph...
Rough lines for some characters from my megafauna shifter series. I'll post finalized designs when I finish them!
We have a giant sloth shifter, a giant woolly rhino shifter, and [redacted].
#pictish #gaelic #fantasy #wip #megafauna #paleoart
Megafauna don’t just shape landscapes; they also influence butterfly communities in tropical ecosystems
🦋🐘 doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...
#Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Butterflies #Megafauna #Rewilding #Tropics #India
El Levyatan Melvillei que casi no fue, una historia de robos, conflictos entre Chile-Perú y conspiraciones paleontológicas #PaleoPop #levyatanmelvillei #Cachalote #Mioceno #Megafauna www.instagram.com/reel/DWhmX48...
Drafting the next three megafauna stickers while I'm waiting for test results. They need refinement and I definitely need to adjust the sizes so they're more consistent with the rest, but I like the movement of each.
#pictish #paleoart #celtic #megafauna #fantasy
El Paraceratherium:
20 toneladas.
Podría comer hojas de los árboles mirando a una jirafa a los ojos.
Básicamente un edificio de apartamentos con patas. 🏢
El mamífero terrestre definitivo. Los elefantes de hoy parecen miniaturas a su lado. 🤏
#Paleontologia #Megafauna #Ciencia #MemoriaViva
Germania Mint joins the prehistoric genre after a long absence with the Cave Lion, debuting the new Megafauna coin series #coins #numismatics #silver #gold #germaniamint #bigcats #cats #lions #megafauna #pleistocene #prehistoric
agaunews.com/agaushoot-germania-mintm...
We had decided to take an unmarked road to seek out some lovely springtime landscapes to enjoy & photograph. Little did we know that we'd happen upon a group of Bison, male, female & juveniles. One fellow was notably much larger & alone. Others were jousting, milling about (-even at times fully surrounding us, as we silenced ourselves *in vehicle*, staying motionless for a good, long while) & feasting on the plentiful early grasses. No-one seemed to care at all. To this day we aren't sure if they were wild (a couple of National Parks & Forests nearby) or 'farmed'/ranch stocks. There were no fences anywhere in sight, on the way in -or upon the way out either. In this photo there's a heavily forested mountain of deep, dark green pines in the fairly near background. In front of those, there's a fair number of aspen trees, bright in their new green foliage. But here on an expansive meadow of light to medium toned green grasses -perfectly centered in frame, is a settled down -huge bull, North American Bison. (The largest one I've ever laid eyes upon!) He wasn't challenged by anyone else in his herd, for any reason, and it was strikingly obvious who he was. He was 'alpha' and very-very content. He was dozing away on a beautiful, finally warm spring day -his huge horned head held upright.
#Stunday #stunning #dramatic We #found #alone w/this #peaceful #powerful #resting #NorthAmericanBison #Bison #buffalo #wildlife #megafauna #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #bask #spring #SensoryArt #meadow #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #WestCoastKin #ArtYear
LA BREA BOUQUET - Sabertooth cat fang and California poppies 🧡 🦷
One of my favorite paper art pieces I made in 2024!
www.beastieandbone.com/gallery
#paperart #papercraft #paleoart #paleontology #megafauna #sciart #beautifulbizarre #labreatarpits
As we were #leaving it was as if Hey! We were #enjoying #watching you! #phonephoto #mobilephotography #Antelope #Pronghorn #wildlife #megafauna #EastCoastKin #ECK #nature #wilderness #GreatBasin #phonephotography #valley #desertscape #ArtYear #Scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #WestCoastKin
#mglit #bookreview MEGA at YABC!
yabookscentral.com/middle-grade...
#Extinctanimals #prehistoric #nonfiction #informational #Megafauna
Heads up! The beloved Crowned Saber now remains available only as these limited edition linocuts, and we’re down to the last 16!
www.beastieandbone.com/gift-shop/p/...
#botanicalart #beautifulbizarre #bonesandbotanicals #fossil #skull #sciart #paleoart #fossil #megafauna #paleontology
Glyptodonts were the armored giants of the Ice Age.
These tank-like relatives of armadillos grew up to 5 meters long and 2,000 kg, protected by a massive dome of bone. #Paleontology #Megafauna #IceAge #Evolution #Fossils #Zoology
El Doedicurus: Básicamente un armadillo que fue al gimnasio y no paró hasta pesar una tonelada. 💪 Tenía el tamaño de un coche y una maza con pinchos en la cola. La Megafauna no se andaba con bromas. 🛡️
#Paleontologia #Megafauna #Ciencia #MemoriaViva
The Marsupial Lion, Thylacoleo.
Shame it's extinct, irl dropbears woulda been sick to see.
#art #paleontology #thylacoleo #paleoart #megafauna
Portrait of an extinct ground sloth, Ahytherium aureum.
Ahytherium aureum was a medium-sized, 600-800+ lb Megalonychid sloth from Late Pleistocene Bahía, Brazil 🇧🇷, disappearing some 11-12,000 years or so ago.
#paleoart #megafauna #art #slothszn
I miss #Megafauna in our recent world!
Lançamento de Afagos e afins na Megafauna Copan!
🗓 5/3 ⏰ 19h
Apresentação poética + bate-papo com Jairo Pereira
Mediação: Ruth Lopes
Uma celebração da palavra, do afeto e da poesia viva. 🖤
Entrada gratuita.
#AfagoseAfins #PoesiaBrasileira #Megafauna #AgendaCulturalSP
By showing how #megafauna once regulated dispersal networks, vegetation mosaics, and fire activity in the Pleistocene, our research aims to provide a historical baseline of the potential of reintroducing ecological analogues via trophic #rewilding to restore lost functions in the Neotropics 🔬🐗
a photo of a right whale at the surface of the ocean, from above
[violence]
Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland
Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers.
arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/scientis... […]
[Original post on faithcollapsing.com]
a photo of a right whale at the surface of the ocean, from above
Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland
Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jfwko#alaska #ancient-dna #colossal #de-extinction #mammoth #megafauna #megafaunal-extinction #paleontology #science #whales
Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland https://arstechni.ca #megafaunalextinction #de-extinction #paleontology #ancientDNA #Megafauna #colossal #Science #mammoth #science #Alaska #whales
#Kansas has plenty of these (Osage Orange, Kentucky Coffeetree, Honey Locust). But still, that there exist #AnachronisticFruit gives me the feels thinking about these plants bereft of their long-gone #megafauna.
A wisent-sized bison from Spain just 4000 years ago - with a metal arrowhead in its ribs...www.noticiasdenavarra.com/sociedad/2026/02/09/nava... #bison #wisent #megafauna
Thoughts on my favorite #Pleistocene #Megafauna species...
I remember at 8 years old waiting all day by the TV for Walking With Beasts to air on #DiscoveryChannel. "Next Of Kin" was the episode that captured me the most
#Paleontology #IceAge #CenozoicMammals #PaleoSky #NaturalHistory #Deinotherium
photo showing the skin of sea otters, in 1892, by @NOAA archives
Marine #megafauna is at risk in many seas
Sea otters are iconic predators in the north Pacific, but they were heavily hunted for their fur in the 18th and 19th centuries, as @nancyknowlton.bsky.social comments in this post
#GES4SEAS #MOOC #oceanoptimism
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