Coelacanths, once thought extinct, go back in the fossil record 360 million years. The oldest fossil is a jaw found in Australia. Up until 1938, when a live individual was found, we had thought they’d gone extinct around 70 million Read more…
Honey badgers have evolved a molecular resistance to cobra neurotoxin. 2015 research found that the neuroreceptors that the cobra venom attacks in most other animals has been genetically tweaked in a honey badger. Cobras make up to 25% of the Read more…
The ideal eyelash length is one third the width of the eye. Eyelashes have been found to serve the purpose of diverting airflow away from the eye in order to help keep them wet. “Eyelashes divert airflow to protect the Read more…
The first animals that humans sent into space were fruit flies. They were aboard a U.S.-launched V-2 rocket in 1947. Subsequently, the U.S. sent a rhesus monkey in 1949, followed by a series of primates, mice, dogs amd other animals sent by Read more…
DNA shows that the closest living relatives to dolphins and whales are hippos. They share a common ancestor that walked on land with four legs. The fact that dolphins, whales, and hippos all move about in water is a matter Read more…
If you attach a long tail (wooden stick) to a chicken, it walks like a non-avian dinosaur. Ink and Posca paint pen on paper, 6”x6”. Birds still share many traits with their dinosaur ancestors, making them the best living group Read more…
An elephant’s trunk contains 40,000 muscles. 🐘 And no bones. It is a fusion of the animal’s nose and upper lip. Like the human tongue, its muscle tissue uses hydrostatic (water) pressure to move in all directions. Ink, white gel pen, and Read more…
Frogs drink water, and breathe half their air, through their skin. They breathe the other half through their nostrils. I first draw the border in with a Micron 008, using a plastic template. Then, using a reference image, I draw Read more…
A lion’s roar can be hear 5 kilometers away. I drew this directly in ink without a pencil pre-drawing. Black ink and paint pen on paper, 6″x6″.
Giraffes have a great height at which to notice predators coming from any angle. That is, until they need to bend way down to drink water. I drew this directly in ink without a pencil pre-drawing. Black ink and paint pen on Read more…