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Type: Mixotrophic filter feeder, flying ecosystem Distribution: The stratosphere and troposphere; migrates from the poles to the equator yearly Size: 121 to 165 meters In a world of endless skies, one creature soars greater than them all, piercing the eternal maelstrom. Larger than a Saturn V rocket, the Colossal Skyspear is the largest nektonic organism […]
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When the first microbial extremophiles were sent to Jupiter on automated probes, the goal was to test how life could adapt to extreme environments. Scientists built in genetic triggers: molecular switches that sped up mutation and guided adaptation under stress. They wanted to watch evolution happen quickly. The results went far beyond what anyone expected. […]
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Arbozoa is a phylum of sessile, photosynthetic organisms unique to Garmiwala, serving as the planet’s tree-analogs. However, what sets the Arbozoa apart from plants is its animalistic larval stage. In its adult form, the Garmiwala resembles a terrestrial tree: a rooted structure with branching photosynthetic fronds, bark-like layers, and deep anchoring roots. Unlike plants, however, […]
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On the planet Rogue, the frost bun (Lepulima glacies) can be found tethered on the icy surface, spending most of its life motionless. It anchors itself with keratin-like hooks that grip the frozen surface, while it feeds through a partnership with chlorophyll-producing bacteria that cluster at the tips of its scaled exoskeleton. Instead of foraging […]
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When the rains finally hit Garmiwala, the environment fully transforms. Dust turns to mud, dry basins fill with water, and a hidden ecosystem kicks into motion. Filter feeders crawl out from the cracked ground and floodplains, drawn by the temporary lakes that only last a few weeks. A most recent discovery has been the sea […]
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On the world of Gepara, there resides an eusocial species along the planet’s tropical mountain ranges. On the map below, the red dots indicate the location of multiple colonies. They live in the lush jungle areas where food is plentiful but competition is high. Because they live in fortified colonies within the mountains, the males […]
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Living on a large tropical island on Ionis III, the Handlebar Knucklewalker primarily feeds on fruit, with the occasional small critter supplementing its diet. This species displays one of the more striking examples of sexual dimorphism observed on the planet. Females stand about 5.5 feet (1.6 meters) at the shoulder and weigh an average of […]
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In forgotten ruins long abandoned by civilization, nature has begun to rewrite the rules. Amid crumbling concrete and rusting metal, one may find that life…always finds a way. Meet the garbage snail, a 12-centimeter-long gastropod that blurs the line between evolution and improvisation. Though it resembles a common snail, it is genetically closer to slugs. […]
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Although the sun-scorched Elgøaq does not betray its origins at a glance, the moon is a mass of the residual detritus and waste from the construction of Dzanach Vahl, World Mind of Strife. Red, ferric sand dunes sweep over the moon, obscuring its secrets, but if one digs deeper, more evidence of its origins may […]
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There are many worlds that probes have discovered rotating around neutron stars, of which few have been discovered to host life. Most often, these are very simple extremophilic or bacterial life. When BooHoo was discovered to harbor life through interceptions of bioproduced gases in the upper atmosphere, an expedition was immediately organized to discover the […]
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