A little giant clam for a friend's birthday card.

I haven't been doing much art lately, nice to have a reason. Quite happy with it, as to my surprise I think it is actually recognisable as a giant clam! We'll see if she agrees...

One of my favourite reef creatures, even though I was always afraid they'd close on my flipper when snorkelling as a kid! Sometimes I have to pinch myself that my childhood was so fantastic, what a lucky duck.

#GiantClam #watercolour #painting

This time we’ll be seeing all of the ‘invertebrates’ made in the Panini mini series. This is probably the most taxonomically broad one, and also the largest group. They’d also be among the more difficult ones to identify to species, but sometimes guesses can be made. On the upside, the small size makes them appropriate for dioramas and accessories with conventional figures. As long as the […]

I'm highly impressed by this awesome short-term #climate #reconstruction study by Iris Arndt and colleagues, who use a #giantclam from the #Miocene to study daily (!) climate variability in this warmer period, including potential #ENSO and #extreme #weather!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018224007004