An alien plant with multiple fern-like leaves that turn into one-eyed centipede-like creatures that split off and live on their own.

The chiropede shrub, a #Martian piece of flora that reproduces through strobilation similar to a jellyfish: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2023/12/chir...

#mars #hardeshur #speculativeevolution #aliens #art #alienplants

Two mollusk-like creatures sifting through the dust of Mars

Dust slugs of Mars: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2022/07/dust...

#mars #hardeshur #speculativeevolution #alienart

An alien clam-type organism from three different angles. Its shell is spiny, it stands on a three-pronged tentacle, has three eye-stalks emerging from the shell and a proboscis that ends in a beak.

Malacoda, a mollusk-like organism from Mars, with a peculiar research history: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2022/11/mala...

#Mars #speculativeevolution #hardeshur #alienart

An alien savannah, with tall, tiered trees, sponge-like flora, sessile animals and three-legged herbivores and carnivores.

The last savannah of Mars: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2022/11/hell...

#hardeshur #mars #aliens #martian #speculativeevolution #astrobiology #alternateuniverse

Aquatic lifeforms beneath a Martian sheet of ice. Bacterial colonies create tiny geysirs on the surface

Speculative life beneath the glaciers of #Mars.

Done for my #speculativeevolution project: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-...

#aliens #astrobiology #creaturedesign #martian #hardeshur

A dinosaur-like alien chases a six-winged insect-like creature across the Martian dunes.

Syncarpus, a Martian organism of the Thecocerata clade. Some of you may recognize the classic piece of paleoart that served as an inspiration. Read about it here: hardeshur.blogspot.com/2022/10/sync...

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