Darren Naish
@tetzoo.bsky.social
Zoologist, author, natural historian Dr Darren Naish | Dinosaurs animals evolution | Books: DinosaursHTLE - DINOPEDIA - AncientSeaReptiles. PREHISTORIC PLANET lead consultant AppleTV | DINOCON leader | Mesozoic Art II out now
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Night in the churchyard -- volume up!
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Night in the churchyard -- volume up!
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An excellent thread to go read about the crazy things that can happen in any profession.
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology
A look-back at some of my personal highlights from the two decades of Tetrapod Zoology…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
An excellent thread to go read about the crazy things that can happen in any profession.
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Wow, what a fascinating multi-layered story of awfulness.
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wow, what a fascinating multi-layered story of awfulness.
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I almost want to suggest this to @iwriteok.bsky.social for Behind the Bastards because this guy hasn't murdered anybody, his badness is extremely niche, and I want to hear Robert clown on him for bad Latin
Taxonomic vandalism is a seemingly niche thing to be concerned about, but it causes working scientists to waste time and - very notably - comes from people who deliberately flaunt ethics, are simply nasty, even dangerous, and are doing the opposite of good work... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/5/...
Ray Hoser, Number 1 Taxonomic Vandal — Tetrapod Zoology
For some years now, a prolific amateur herpetologist has published an absolutely extraordinary number of new taxonomic names for snakes, lizards and other reptiles…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I almost want to suggest this to @iwriteok.bsky.social for Behind the Bastards because this guy hasn't murdered anybody, his badness is extremely niche, and I want to hear Robert clown on him for bad Latin
Not TOO long until #DinoConUK 2026 announcement will start appearing -- we have an incredible schedule and a list of phenomenal speakers :) Tickets on sale now... www.dinocon.co.uk
DinoCon
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January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Not TOO long until #DinoConUK 2026 announcement will start appearing -- we have an incredible schedule and a list of phenomenal speakers :) Tickets on sale now... www.dinocon.co.uk
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In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology
A look-back at some of my personal highlights from the two decades of Tetrapod Zoology…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
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cassowaries are so freaking cool. seeing one in person really felt like looking into the past
The #dinosaurs of today are as bizarre and extravagant as those of the Mesozoic, and we know little about many of them. Among the groups I'm especially interested in are #cassowaries, and I've been fortunate enough to work on them. Here's one of my favourite articles... tetzoo.com/blog/2023/4/...
The Great Florida Cassowary Relocation Event of 2023 — Tetrapod Zoology
Regular readers of Tetrapod Zoology will be aware that I’m a big fan of cassowaries….
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
cassowaries are so freaking cool. seeing one in person really felt like looking into the past
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This is a really interesting article! I've always been fascinated by cassowaries.
The #dinosaurs of today are as bizarre and extravagant as those of the Mesozoic, and we know little about many of them. Among the groups I'm especially interested in are #cassowaries, and I've been fortunate enough to work on them. Here's one of my favourite articles... tetzoo.com/blog/2023/4/...
The Great Florida Cassowary Relocation Event of 2023 — Tetrapod Zoology
Regular readers of Tetrapod Zoology will be aware that I’m a big fan of cassowaries….
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is a really interesting article! I've always been fascinated by cassowaries.
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I am completely going to read through these articles one by one (beware tho, at least one of the preview images includes a spider)
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology
A look-back at some of my personal highlights from the two decades of Tetrapod Zoology…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I am completely going to read through these articles one by one (beware tho, at least one of the preview images includes a spider)
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I have barely dipped into this and it is amazing. AMAZING!
Dougal Dixon's books stand as the primary benchmarks on the subject and have had an enormous impact. Tet Zoo has given me the opportunity to write often about Dougal's works and even to interview him _and_ see the unpublished prototype of After Man... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/... #SpecZoo #SpecBio
Dougal Dixon’s After Man, the Initial Pitch Document — Tetrapod Zoology
Dougal Dixon, Dixoniana, After Man, SpecZoo, Speculative Zoology, SpecBio, Speculative Biology, Speculative Evolution, future animals, animals of the future, Dixon's animals, future zoology, Night Sta...
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I have barely dipped into this and it is amazing. AMAZING!
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TWENTY YEARS?!
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology
A look-back at some of my personal highlights from the two decades of Tetrapod Zoology…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
TWENTY YEARS?!
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Tetropod Zoology is where I learned about ducks and geese having claws on their wings
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Tetropod Zoology is where I learned about ducks and geese having claws on their wings
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Why hasn't there been an animated buddy movie about this, traveling across the country, going on adventures, dispensing wisdom in diner booths...?
January 29, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why hasn't there been an animated buddy movie about this, traveling across the country, going on adventures, dispensing wisdom in diner booths...?
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
After 20 Years, the Tetrapod Zoology Highlights — Tetrapod Zoology
A look-back at some of my personal highlights from the two decades of Tetrapod Zoology…
tetzoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
In continuing celebration of TWENTY YEARS OF TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY, I've just published an article listing some of my personal highlights. The article is here if you want to check it first... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/... but I'm also going a build a thread, discussing and linking to my highlight articles.
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Next: Silver Nemesis! A 17th century noblewoman travels in time to find a comet housing a silver statue (actually a Gallifreyan planetary defence) and is intercepted by neo-nazis from South America who've travelled to England in quest of it too. And then... Cybermen! All in the Windsor countryside.
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Next: Silver Nemesis! A 17th century noblewoman travels in time to find a comet housing a silver statue (actually a Gallifreyan planetary defence) and is intercepted by neo-nazis from South America who've travelled to England in quest of it too. And then... Cybermen! All in the Windsor countryside.
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Relevant section NEARLY finished. Reviewer comments so far all really affirming.
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Relevant section NEARLY finished. Reviewer comments so far all really affirming.
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Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)
The @splendidhand.bsky.social #Dimetrodon has arrived! There are SO MANY Dimetrodon figures but none are like this one. Available here at etsy... www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The @splendidhand.bsky.social #Dimetrodon has arrived! There are SO MANY Dimetrodon figures but none are like this one. Available here at etsy... www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
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We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...
Two Full Decades of Tetrapod Zoology — Tetrapod Zoology
The blog Tetrapod Zoology – connected in some way to just about everything that’s happened in my professional life since the mid-2000s – has now been in operation for an absurd twenty years. Here, we ...
tetzoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM
We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...
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Yup, another azhdarchid figure is discussed at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok...
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Yup, another azhdarchid figure is discussed at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok...
We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...
Two Full Decades of Tetrapod Zoology — Tetrapod Zoology
The blog Tetrapod Zoology – connected in some way to just about everything that’s happened in my professional life since the mid-2000s – has now been in operation for an absurd twenty years. Here, we ...
tetzoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM
We got to, and exceeded, the required 23 comments, so next 20 Years of Tetrapod Zoology article coming later today :) tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...
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.... builds a complex, multi-layered world. I always liked Fifi the stigorax and imagined it fitting into the same world as the creatures of After Man. As Fifi dies, Helen A weeps and her facade of eternal faux optimism has gone. So... ho boy were the haters wrong, the whole thing was brilliant.
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
.... builds a complex, multi-layered world. I always liked Fifi the stigorax and imagined it fitting into the same world as the creatures of After Man. As Fifi dies, Helen A weeps and her facade of eternal faux optimism has gone. So... ho boy were the haters wrong, the whole thing was brilliant.
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More azhdarchid action at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok... www.tiktok.com/@tetzootower...
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
More azhdarchid action at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok... www.tiktok.com/@tetzootower...
Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Post-review version of SpecZoo article submitted today, it made it through all the hoops :)