Happy World Whale and Dolphin Day! Today celebrates and honours these marvellous marine mammals. Here are some ‘cool’ evolutionary adaptations that help a bowhead whale survive and thrive in polar environments. #WorldWhaleandDolphinDay, #SciArt, #whale, #cetacean

Happy World Snake Day!. This day is dedicate to raising awareness of the beauty, diversity, and ecological value of these amazing and often misunderstood reptiles. Here’s the skull of a python created for my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates.#snake #SciArt #WorldSnakeDay #skull

Happy World Giraffe Day!. The giraffe’s icon long neck has evolved in tandem with its heart to create a powerful organ that generates enough pressure to pump blood to its brain. #WGD #Giraffe #SciArt, #ScientificIllustration,  #AnimalAnatomy, #anatomy, #WorldGiraffeDay

Today is World Crocodile Day! This day draws attention and awareness about these amazing reptiles and their relatives alligators, caiman, gharials. Here’s the skull of an American Alligator created for my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates. #sciart, #WorldCrocodileDay #anatomy

Today is Dinosaur Day!.This day is dedicated to celebrating dinosaurs, paleontology, and the ancient natural history of our planet. #SciArt #PaleoArt #DinosaurDay #dinosaur #paleontology

It’s World Turtle Day! Here’s the skull of a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Snapping turtles are omnivorous but they are also scavengers and active hunters.#sciart, #turtle, #WorldTurtleDay2025 #anatomy

Spotted in the wild! While I was creating this illustration for @BioRender , I wondered how it would be used. It’s great to see it in a peer-reviewed publication. This interesting research quantifies growth changes in white sharks to aid in their conservation.#SciArt

Happy 573rd Birthday Leonardo!.Leonardo is one of my heroes . especially for his medical and scientific illustrations. If published during his lifetime or shortly thereafter, instead of in the late 1800s, his anatomical works would have advanced medicine by at least 200 yrs.

Happy International Beaver Day! .#InternationslBeaverlDay #SciArt #VizSciComm #anatomy #AnimalAnatomy #skull.This illustration was created for The Dissection of Vertebrates. The 4th edition, which is currently in the works, will have many updates and plenty of new content

Today is World Aquatic Animal Day! Celebrate the aquatic animals that live in our seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds.#WorldAquaticAnimalDay #SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm

Mixed media study sketch of walrus forelimb bones in preparation for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for @yalepeabody Natural Science Illustration Program.More course offerings:.#SciArt #anatomy #VizSciComm

Happy Spring! This is great timing to share an illustration I created for the Atlantic Salmon Federation @ASFSalmon .This was a rare opportunity for me to work on a fun editorial scientific illustration for the Spring issue of Atlantic Salmon Journal.#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm

Creating a sample assignment illustration for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for @yalepeabodymuseum Natural Science Illustration . Check out the program and course offerings:.#SciArt, #ComparativeAnatomy, #AnimalAnatomy

More preparations for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for @yalepeabody Natural Science Illustration Program. Quick study sketch of a leopard paw and lion skeleton study sketch.Program and course offerings:.#sciart

Preparing for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for @yalepeabody Natural Science Illustration Program. Here's a mixed media quick study sketch of rhino foot bones. Check out the program and course offerings:.#SciArt

Happy World Whale Day! Today celebrates and honours these marvellous marine mammals. Here are some ‘cool’ evolutionary adaptations that help a bowhead whale survive and thrive in polar environments. #WorldWhaleDay, #SciArt, #whale, #cetacean

Announcing the start of the new edition of my book, The Dissection of Vertebrates, with the most iconic graphic for Valentine’s Day. The 4th edition will have many updates and plenty of new content. #SciArt, #anatomy

Happy Darwin Day!.Darwin would have celebrated his 216th birthday today. Darwin changed the world forever with such a simple and powerful idea. #Darwin, #evolution, #NaturalSelection

Here’s a quick study sketch of a lion skull - experimenting with mixed media in preparation for my vertebrate anatomy course being taught for the @yalepeabodymuseum Natural Science Illustration Program or #SciArt, #Anatomy

Even though it’s #SuperBowl Sunday, I’d rather celebrate Superb Owl Sunday. Here's a superb great horned owl. #owls #birds #SciArt #Superb_Owl