It's World Wildlife Day!
Check out the United Nations' Virtual Celebration and learn about conservation science www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcmv...
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It's World Wildlife Day!
Check out the United Nations' Virtual Celebration and learn about conservation science www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcmv...
Text: If you guessed braconid wasps , you're right! With an illustration of our braconid wasp pin, designed by Sage Friss
If you guessed braconid wasps, you're right! Braconid wasps are parasitoids, which is a type of parasitism with a slightly different outcome. The host of a parasitoid, becomes a dual-purpose incubator and food source for its offspring. youtu.be/LmQNrI4aIzo
Text: Can you guess the next bizarre beast? with the silhouette of an insect that we cannot name but if you check back on monday you'll get the answer!
The survival of this family of insects is so intertwined with a virus that they partly share a genome. This extreme level of teamwork lets these beasts live their best parasitoid lives. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?
A mola mola fish underwater
Hank loves the Mola Mola! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Large blue "C" logo above text reading "Complexly is now a 501c3 nonprofit!" with colorful curved stripes at the bottom of the image.
Complexly is excited to share that we are now a 501c3 nonprofit, built on the idea that good information is worth it.
New structure. Same mission. Bigger impact.
Find out how you can support free, independent, trustworthy education at Complexly.org
Shipworm Valentine's Day Card cover that says Wood You Be My Valentine?
It's that time of year again! Wood you be our Valentine?
A human-caused extinction we can all be stoked about!
Curious about a potential Guinea worm endling? We made a whole series about lasts-of-their-kind over on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing illustration + text if you guessed Rajah Brooke's Birdwings, you're right!
If you guessed Rajah Brooke's Birdwings, or ultra-black animals for the feature, you're right!
Ultra-black generally means a shade of black that reflects 0.5% of light or less, and these bizarre beasts have areas of their body that do just that!
youtu.be/aG06yKwabac?...
can you guess the next bizarre beast? silhouette of a beast in lime green!
Our next bizarre beast is really more of a collection of beasts that all have this one dark thing in common. Some may not surprise you, like deep sea fish, but we've seen it with butterflies and birds as well! Can you guess this beast, or it's bizarre feature?
A narwhal’s tusk is actually an elongated tooth growing counter-clockwise from its head! Check out www.narwhal.org to learn more cool facts like that about the unicorns of the sea.
All of the Endlings mini-series episodes are out now! You can learn all about these bizarre beasts that are truly one of a kind. You can watch all of the episodes at youtube.com/bizarrebeasts.
PS - You can still snag an Endlings bandana at bizarrebeastsshow.com!
Narwhal (Mondon monoceros) is the bizarre beasts monthly critter!
Whether you call them one-toothed, the one who points at the sky, or corpse whales-- one thing is for certain, this unicorn of the sea is bizarre. youtu.be/bTql5Pv0gf0?...
Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insects in a cliffside bush
The final episode of our Endlings miniseries is out now! Learn how Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insects (say that five times fast) came back from the dead. youtu.be/PAzVFQ1-THc?...
an animation of a guinea worm extraction
Is extinction really always a bad thing? In the latest episode of our Endlings miniseries, we discuss a case where extinction might be for the greater good... youtu.be/46xA35awnL8?...
Sarah Suta rocks the new handmade holidays edition bizarre beasts tshirt.
For a limited time, you can get this Bizarre Beasts shirt! Our very own fashion icon, Sarah, hand-made the design featured on the front!
Grab yours at complexly.store before Dec. 8th if you want to be the weirdest animal at your family's holiday festivities!
Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis with crab pin design.
Our next Bizarre Beast is the Christmas Island Red Crab! Learn all about their weird mating rituals and how they took over Christmas Island in our latest episode. youtu.be/5YsJ7q7a7fA
Thylacines drawn on a grassy cliff near water's edge.
The next endling in our mini-series is the Thylacine! Thylacines (aka Tasmanian Tigers or Tasmanian Wolves) have been extinct since 1936. Many factors contributed to their extinction, but our own zoological fascination was part of the problem. Learn more in our latest episode. youtu.be/YeMXE8XEmSU
if you guessed Mexican tetra you're right!
If you guessed Mexican Tetra, you're right! This little tropical fish makes a great pet, but it also lives in cave systems in at least 29 different caves. In addition to the standard, this beast also comes in various versions of "cave flavor." youtu.be/PXW7xcESz-s
Blue Blob silhouette, "Can you guess the next bizarre beast?"
Sometimes we can spot when a new species diverges from a nearby population. Certain adaptations can even give us a clue about what’s to come. Our next bizarre beast gives us a chance to see what happens when a single beast makes an evolutionary change. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?
#TBT with @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social as they discuss some of the "blobby"-est creatures, including some witnessed by OET during our exploration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9j...
Silphium plants overlook some water and cliffs
Next up on our Endlings mini-series: silphium!
This is the first recorded extinction in history, and of a species so culturally relevant that it was printed on money.
youtu.be/cNNEOEV5oyc?...
Next up for Endlings on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social: a plant?
✨ did the sound design for this great video about these exotic birds ✨
Our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, Endlings, is live! 🧪 #scicomm
The first episode of our Endlings miniseries is out now! This has been such a huge project for us, and we couldn't have done it without our amazing audience.
Check it out!!
youtu.be/JbTAVnyHB88?...
The Bizarre Beasts pseudoscorpion pin variants Main-- red and orange holding a tan book Uncommon-- periwinkle and teal holding a blue book Rare-- all over gold
I hope everyone enjoys the pin as much as I enjoyed making it and learning about pseudoscorpions. I keep looking for them now everywhere I go!
I immediately imagined them as adventurous, Indiana-Jones type explorers. I also loved that they are ancient creatures and sometimes referred to as 'book scorpions.' I made several sketches exploring these concepts and in the end we landed on the book-reading one for the final pin design.
When I was asked to design a pseudoscorpion pin, I must admit I did not know much about these tiny creatures. After doing some research I fell in love with their ways of moving about by hitching a ride on larger animals. What daredevils!
My mind mostly functions as a giant caldron perpetually simmering a stew of almost anything I encounter in life. I live in Missoula, Montana and when I'm not drawing or designing, I am most likely riding my bicycle in the woods, camping, gardening or spoon carving.
I supplement this work with fun illustration projects and occasional gallery exhibits. My influences are the usual inspirational suspects - films, music, silent era cartoons, Eastern European stop-motion animation, comics, nature, dreams, reading, food, and work of other artists.