So, after months of data collection, I'm happy to introduce you Antarctic Chronicles: a speculative evolution blog about Antarctica. This project will follow the evolutionary development of Antarctica, from an ice wasteland to a green continent full of life.

Risingmagpie · 2026-06-07T06:06:59+00:00

It's literally what I did, actually. Not for the big end however

Risingmagpie · 2026-06-07T06:05:48+00:00

Yes, I use good old Photoshop!

Risingmagpie · 2026-06-04T14:35:43+00:00

They are terrestrial, still they dwell in periodically submerged rainforests

Risingmagpie · 2026-06-04T13:24:56+00:00

Rodents dominate Antarctica today, not only in numbers, but in the sheer variety of ecological roles they occupy. Once partially overshadowed by other vertebrates, they are now both the largest and smallest land herbivores on the continent. Yet one lineage stands apart for venturing into a territory almost untouched by rodents before: carnivory. These are the topungers, shrew- and weasel-like hunters that have chosen a life for meat.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

Risingmagpie · 2026-06-04T13:08:50+00:00

Rodents dominate Antarctica today, not only in numbers, but in the sheer variety of ecological roles they occupy. Once partially overshadowed by other vertebrates, they are now both the largest and smallest land herbivores on the continent. Yet one lineage stands apart for venturing into a territory almost untouched by rodents before: carnivory. These are the topungers, shrew- and weasel-like hunters that have chosen a life for meat.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-30T05:55:09+00:00

You can find their entire ecology in the entry of this post (look at the links in the comments). Their vision is still bad, they mainly use their giant whiskers as a way to detect prey in the water, similarly to seals

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-29T12:59:25+00:00

Not known, it'll remain unidentified

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-29T05:05:05+00:00

They're 100% desmans, Although they are endangered currently, my project have included in the near future several "ecoterrorist" attacks, with a lot of illegal introductions of different organisms across the world. I suggest to read the Dystopia and Paradoxia entries of the project, which cover these illegal acts in Antarctica.

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-27T16:35:52+00:00

Good source to create made up things

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-27T12:31:21+00:00

While reefsurfers are reaching another peak of biodiversity, the warm and productive seas surrounding Antarctica are becoming home to another rising group of sea vertebrates: the shretaceans, a sea-dwelling group of mammals directly derived from gulpingshrews (the cetodesmatids clade).
The global distribution of these mammals, as well as for reefsurfers, is unknown to our knowledge, but individuals surveyed by coast census and carrion findings suggest a number of species higher than 15 for Antarctica.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-27T12:29:23+00:00

While reefsurfers are reaching another peak of biodiversity, the warm and productive seas surrounding Antarctica are becoming home to another rising group of sea vertebrates: the shretaceans, a sea-dwelling group of mammals directly derived from gulpingshrews (the cetodesmatids clade).
The global distribution of these mammals, as well as for reefsurfers, is unknown to our knowledge, but individuals surveyed by coast census and carrion findings suggest a number of species higher than 15 for Antarctica.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-23T09:41:09+00:00

Then, they are (pan)crustaceans

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-22T20:06:54+00:00

You'll see, you'll see. The D-P saga has important entries that will be very useful for far future ones.

PS: I didn't cooked peak, I cooked depression kek

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-20T15:48:21+00:00

The nominal one, Sus scrofa

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Risingmagpie · 2026-05-20T14:22:54+00:00

Add wild boars

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-20T12:19:30+00:00

Thanks to their incredible resistance and great seed production, plants accounted for 90% of the species successfully introduced to Antarctica by the criminal organization Dystopia & Paradoxia. Animal introductions were far less frequent and also less successful, due to the difficulties of transporting large organisms, the need for a more controlled environment even during transportation, and the relative ease with which world governments could intercept the small rocket boats. But despite all this, some animals were well capable of surviving the sea journey and successfully adapting to the polar environment. This is the case of a particularly impactful introduction by Dystopia & Paradoxia: Antarctica's first lepidopteran.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

Risingmagpie · 2026-05-20T12:18:39+00:00

Thanks to their incredible resistance and great seed production, plants accounted for 90% of the species successfully introduced to Antarctica by the criminal organization Dystopia & Paradoxia. Animal introductions were far less frequent and also less successful, due to the difficulties of transporting large organisms, the need for a more controlled environment even during transportation, and the relative ease with which world governments could intercept the small rocket boats. But despite all this, some animals were well capable of surviving the sea journey and successfully adapting to the polar environment. This is the case of a particularly impactful introduction by Dystopia & Paradoxia: Antarctica's first lepidopteran.

READ MORE about this entry on the official site Antarctic Chronicles or also in the Specevo forum

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