Scientific Illustration

Skeleton of the Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Osteologia avium, or, A sketch of the osteology of birds /.
[Wellington] :Published by R. Hobson, Wellington, Salop,1858-1875..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41399181

cosmosofymir:

Coloured Mandarin sketch, 2012.
Digital.

catertothehollow:

mr eider finally donnneeee now i need to start on his lady (and fix his neck a bit)

(high res)

katandstephendrawanimals:

Smew (Mergellus albellus) 

Smewwwwww smewwww smewwwww

We saw these guys at the Toledo Zoological Gardens last week and haven’t been able to get over them.

fearof-theunknown:

Bullockornis, nicknamed the carnivorous “Demon Duck of Doom,” stood over 10 feet tall and lived c.15 million years ago in Australia.

Bullockornis seems to have been more closely related to ducks and geese than to modern ostriches, and its heavy, prominent beak points to its having had a carnivorous diet.

(via rhamphotheca)

dendroica:

Hooded Merganser by jeva jeva on Flickr.

pathandpuddle:

from the book waterfowl in iowa

by the state conservation commission

jomobimo:

Wild duck, 1893

pollyfern:

Largest piece of work I have ever done. Completed this a few months ago. My father made the lovely huge frame holding the a4 #illustrations #illustration #ink #painting #art #drawing #duck #fish #frog #birds #eggs #snail #naturalhistory #wood (Taken with Instagram)