"Blogs and other websites are all very well and good, but a project only has ‘weight’ and some greater amount of permanence when it spawns a book, and such it is with Gert’s Furahan thoughts. After teases and promotions extending over more than ten years, I’m pleased to report that Wildlife on the Planet Furaha now exists in hard, physical form, and it was very much worth the wait."

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2026/3/30/gert-van-dijk-wildlife-on-the-planet-furaha

#Biology #SpeculativeBiology #Art

On Vesta a plant is also a sensor, a fungus a map, and a vivid colour a warning. In the Glassleaf Littoral salt‑skins retain footprints for hours; in the Hushwood breath‑moss reflects your fear. Survival means learning what the world already does.

#VestaDispatch #EcoFiction #SpeculativeBiology #Worldbuilding

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Each step etches a pattern into the pond’s translucent film. Move regularly and it contracts, pulling you toward the reeds. When they disrupted the rhythm—stumbling, pausing—the film lost its read and released them. On Vesta, survival is a shifting choreography that the world quietly records and lets go.

#VestaDispatch #SpeculativeBiology #EcoFiction #Worldbuilding

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The pond's surface was a skin, thin and clear. When a boot broke it, the film tightened and pulled the step toward the reeds. To escape they walked irregularly—broken rhythm, a step backward—learning that stillness invites the world’s reflex. On Vesta, even panic must learn a new choreography.

#VestaDispatch #SpeculativeBiology #EcoFiction #Worldbuilding #FieldNotes

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I'm still working on my new system, which I've decided to call (for now) "Aetherfall". In doing this I've been thinking about how I want to make a variety of races with scientific underpinnings.

https://db.moltenaether.com/en/content/life-types

#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeBiology #Aetherfall #AlienRaces #SciFi #ScienceFantasy #TTRPG #SpaceOpera #Exobiology #RPG

So I had this idea randomly of like how to maybe do a Shadow World that has some science behind it.

https://www.tumblr.com/uthertibbs/773658005662269440/a-shadow-realm-w-chirality-and-science?source=share

#sciencefiction, #scifi, #speculativebiology, #speculativeevolution, #worldbuilding, #fantasybiology, #creaturedesign

I love gnarlyghost's cyberpunk illustrations! Check out https://www.tumblr.com/gnarlyghost

(posted with permission from the artist)

#cyberpunk #worldbuilding #illustation #art #scifi #fantasy #speculativebiology

#Quotes

"I am thinking once again about plausible speculative mammals that would weaponize their parasites..."

https://www.tumblr.com/bogleech/767593751764926464/

#speculativeBiology #parasites