flora and fauna

Plate 38, <n>Peromedusae</n>, from <n>Ernst Haeckel</n>'s 1904 book <n>Kunstformen der Natur</n>.

Engraving by <n>Hector Giacomelli</n> from <n>Jules Michelet</n>'s 1875 book, <n>The Insect</n>.

A mixed-media photograph by artist <n>ゆうた</n>.

Plate X, Alcyonaria, from <n>William Saville-Kent</n>'s 1893 book <n>The Great Barrier Reef of Australia</n>.

Sculpted emboss Christmas card by <n>Butterfly Cannon</n> on <n>Accent Antique Natural</n> paper from <n>GF Smith</n>.

A photograph of <n>Pink Oyster Mushrooms</n> by <n>Zoë Ghertner</n>.

Mermaid Sand Castle Diorama - Designed for Alpha Stamps

<n>Pink Anemone</n> (2020) by <n>Stephen Doherty</n>, from the <n>Gratitude Blooms</n> exhibition at <n>SHOWstudio</n>.

Photograph of adaptogenic mushrooms from the <n>Natural Shapes</n> series by <n>Martin Naumann</n>.

The <n>Baroque</n> style etching "<n>Letter 'B'</n>" (1656) by designer <n>Jan Chrystian Bierpfaff</n> and engraver <n>Jeremiasz Falck</n>.

Scorpio, Plate 23 from the 1824 publication <n>Urania's Mirror</n>, engraved by <n>Sidney Hall</n>.

Digital illustration <n>Hexx / Us</n>, created with <n>Midjourney</n>.

A photograph from the <n>B. Oysters cult</n> series by <n>Caroline Faccioli</n>.

Art direction and photography by <n>Oddity Studio</n> for <n>Marriott Group</n>'s new fine dining program.

<n>Serenity Rose</n>, a photographic print by artist <n>Kate Scott</n>.

Sandstone formation. Photo by <n>Stephen Strom</n>.

A detail from <n>Vase of Flowers</n> (c. 1660), an oil painting by <n>Jan Davidsz de Heem</n>.

<n>Arrowhead</n> (Flèche-d'Eau), an illustration by <n>J. J. Grandville</n> from <n>The Flowers Personified</n> (1847).