[Discussion] In an alternate Earth project, how much detail would I need to describe its assortment of insects and fish, really?
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
A question regarding a shellworld
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My tier list of favorite paleodocumentaries

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[Video made on April 2022 by Unnatural History Channel] This video perfectly demonstrates why WWD has always been and still is my favorite paleodocumentary
RAWR! What's new in the field of Paleontology? What are we learning about them now? Dinosaur art, finds, and speculation: it all goes here.
[Art by Dmitry Bogdanov] After Sharovipteryx, how come no one else has re-evolved gliding with just your legs?

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[Discussion] How would a migrating bird deal with a surface rich in magnetite?
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
My tier list on favorite paleodocumentaries (and yes, all of Walking With is on the list)

anything related to the walking with perhistoric life series or anything similar.
At what point in history did cephalopods lose their sodium pumps?
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What would you like to see in a paleofantasy?
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What would a scene on Earth look like if daylight were bright as any of the other Solar System bodies?
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If you put Earth plants in a terraformed world in which sunlight measures in at 191,300 lux (as bright as daylight on Venus, or almost twice as bright as daylight on Earth), would any of them survive the initial shock, or would this be way too bright for their liking?
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What will the scenery on this seedworld look like on any given hour, season or hemisphere?
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
Is the seven-neckbone limit exclusive just to mammals, or did the broader synapsid clade have this constraint, as well?
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This video, made on April 2, 2022 by the Unnatural History Channel, perfectly demonstrates why people still talk about the Walking with franchise
anything related to the walking with perhistoric life series or anything similar.
[Discussion] Which monsters would you switch into different classes?
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If Earth's temperature reached the maximum spike of 60 degrees Celsius, which of these maps (all of them by Alexis Huet) would be most accurate?
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If mythological ancient heroes (as in, no younger than the Bronze Age) joined together Knights of the Round Table style, who would be contemporary enough to team up with Gilgamesh?
Everything about mythology!
Looking for names of ordinary things that aren't Indo-European
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Hibernating mammals in an elliptical orbit seedworld?
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
A seedworld question concerning a mammal that deals with winter hardships by hibernating
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
Which African species of animal would I find in Pleistocene Europe?
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What sort of solar system would I make to meet the parameters of this hypothetical seedworld?
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
What sort of solar system would I make to meet the parameters of this hypothetical world?
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Some crazy attempt at integrating invertebrate organs into the body of a vertebrate
Where evolution meets science fiction and art. Speculative Evolution (also called Speculative Biology and Speculative Zoology) is the envisioning of fictional, but scientifically possible creatures that could have existed on an alternate Earth, or might actually exist somewhere on another planet or in the deep sea.
How can magic be grounded in an alternate evolution scenario?
A place for your weird fictional questions, warped universes and questionable science. Where fiction can meet realism. Or How to realistically worldbuild.