Sciart Pillows

that elliptic lip! oh glabrous, clawed petals and translucent flowers! CC-BY-4.0:Kolanowska M, Szlachetko DL, Trejo RM (2016) Telipogon diabolicus (Orchidaceae, Oncidiinae), a new species from southern Colombia. PhytoKeys 65: 113-124. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.65.8674

Or is it a hoopla? From Wikipedia: Hydra /ˈhaɪdrə/ is a genus of small, fresh-water animals of the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. They are native to the temperate and tropical regions. Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability – they appear not to age or die of old age. A creative collage of PD pictures, including one CC-BY-2.0 one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonynetone/25578905181/in/photostream/

From Wikipedia:The choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals. Design based on a drawing found in "The biology of the protozoa" by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan), b. 1869, Internet Archives

Did a tyrannosaur step on your stuff? It can if you get this tyrannosaur footprint sticker! Based on research of our dinosaur footprint team, this is the 3D heat map of a footprint from the world's first tyrannosaur trackway (Bellatoripes fredlundi).

Step up your game! h/t: J.Bartlett

A truly handsome freshwater crayfish from Indonesia! (Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher sp. n. adult male from Aquarium Dietzenbach; CC-BY 4.0, Christian Lukhaup; G S Palmer)

Ubiquitous cosmopolitan, buff perchance, with no regrets.

It wears a yellow kerchief, and so could you!

Christmas worms just want to have fun.

This illustration represents Ursus spelaeus, otherwise known as the cave bear.

From Wikipedia:The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American songbird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada. It is well known for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights as well as its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (sometimes feeding from the hand). Picture based on "Black-capped chickadee":https://flic.kr/p/bo9XJk "CC-BY-2.0":https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The rosy countenance of the baby condor is enchanting. The California condor is the largest North American land bird and critically endangered.

This is the largest species of hornbill. It has the longest period of parental dependence of any bird, taking up to two years to leave its parents. And does it like to vocalize!

They do not make good pets! From Wikipedia: The bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) is a type of marine bristleworm belonging to the Amphinomidae family, native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. (CC-BY-SA) Design based on photograph by West Brom 4ever.

Inspired by: PLOS Biology Staff, The (2005): The vocal explorations of young zebra finches shed light on the neural basis of learning motor tasks (Photo: Daniel D. Baleckaitis). figshare. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030162.g001 Retrieved: 15 44, May 08, 2017 (GMT); CC by 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

From Wikipedia: The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brown body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, its migration occasionally reaches northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on or close to fresh water. Built on picture "Canada Goose flight 1 CC-BY-2.0 by Tony Hisgett":https://flic.kr/p/6p3ifR

Noot Noot Nation badge with an oval outline.

The Gerbera was named after the German botanist dr. Traugott Gerber (1710-1743), a friend of Carl Linnaeus. This one is a red African Daisy that has been domesticated.

The Nightjar is a camouflage expert with handsome rictal bristles!

Tapir: a wonderful beastie.

A spiral-horned South-African antelope.

The grey crowned crane's regal crown of gold cannot leave you cold. Be bold, be bold, it says.

'There is a Riot Going On' is an original embroidered mixed media piece now transformed into print for you. It represents the neuronal activity inside our brains.

This magnificent cousin of ours is critically endangered. The mountain gorilla is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa.

Gregarious and green. Who's a pretty parakeet? You are!

She wades with purpose in spectacular plumage!

Vorticella is a genus of protozoa.

Combining your love for flamingoes with your passion for prickly pears.

Amaryllis's sis. This one is blue, but there are white ones too. Neither a lily nor from the Nile, native to Southern Africa and naturalized around the world.

The Lucy mission will visit multiple Jupiter trojan asteroids over 12 years.

Engineer and Five Time Shuttle Astronaut

Goodbye, friend.

First Marathon Ran in Space

Mustachio!

Megalograptus welchi was a member of a now extinct group of marine arthropods called Eurypterids, it lived during the Late Ordovician period around 449.5 to 443.8 million years ago. Compared to modern ocean dwelling arthropods, M. welchi was rather large, measuring around 1.2 meters in length, not including the large spiny appendages on the front of it's body; speaking of those spines, while it's pretty likely it used them to hunt for prey, science has yet to determine just how they were used or what type of prey it might have been hunting.

Also known as the Marsupial Lion, it was the largest known mammalian predator roaming Australia from 1.6 million to 46,000 years ago. Despite it’s common name, Thylacoleo wasn’t closely related to lions or cats at all, but was a member of the order Diprotodontia, which includes modern day kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, and wombats (it’s closest living relative). Thylacoleo lived at a time when Australia was packed with huge animals, such as 20 foot lizards, 10 foot tall kangaroos and multi-ton wombats. To combat this it grew big, reaching 287 pounds with muscular forearms and jaws like bolt cutters.