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With six years of phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, Darren Naish mostly spends long hours in the library, hunched over his laptop. But he gets out sometimes, and picks up litter and pursues exotic lizards across the British countryside, aiming all the while to publish his technical work on obscure Cretaceous dinosaurs. He also messes around with pterosaurs, swimming giraffes, British big cats and stuff like that. He has given up on the stupid idea of being a dedicated academic and ekes out a living as a technical consultant, editor and author. He can be contacted intermittently at eotyrannus (at) gmail dot com. For more biographical info go here.
You've read the blog, now buy the books....
The Great Dinosaur Discoveries (US edition)
The Great Dinosaur Discoveries (UK edition)
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life
Walking With Dinosaurs: The Evidence
Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight
February 28, 2007
Category: Mesozoic dinosaurs
By now most people know that feathers are no longer unique to birds. Thanks mostly to a series of wonderful fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China, we now know that feathers first appeared in...
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:28 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2007
Category: mammalogy
One of the most remarkable organs in nature might have one of the most remarkable functions, if the results of a recent study are to be accepted......
Posted by Darren Naish at 8:07 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2007
Category: preemptive
It's funny what you can find kicking around in the corner of a friend's flat. Full post to follow soon......
Posted by Darren Naish at 6:23 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 22, 2007
Category: mammalogy
By now you've probably heard the news: chimpanzees have been reported manufacturing, and using, spears (Gibbons 2007, Pruetz & Bertolani 2007). I'll say that again. Chimps Pan troglodytes make and use spears.......
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:11 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 21, 2007
Category: Mesozoic dinosaurs
A story of cheeks, beaks, feathers, bizarre theropod dinosaurs, and truly, truly amazing fossils.......
Posted by Darren Naish at 11:36 AM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 19, 2007
Category: herpetology
If you like amphibians and non-avian reptiles, Britain is a crappy place to live: we have just three native lizard species, three snakes, three newts, two toads and two frogs. But do we have a few more: are various...
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:55 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 18, 2007
Category: preemptive
Sorry, another one of those really annoying teasers. But, come on, you love it really. Coming later this week... ... at long long last, those lost tree frogs... ... proto-narwhals and the case of the beluwhals... ... the amazing social...
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:24 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 17, 2007
Category: mammalogy
So in the previous post - required reading before you get through this one, sorry - we looked at the various hypotheses that have been published on the origin of sanguivory (blood feeding) in vampire bats. We saw that...
Posted by Darren Naish at 11:42 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 16, 2007
Category: mammalogy
Continuing the vampire theme, I here want to discuss another of those really, really interesting things about vampire bats: namely, how did their blood-feeding behaviour evolve in the first place?...
Posted by Darren Naish at 2:59 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2007
Category: speculative zoology
Look what happens when you blog about Godzilla. Huh. Back to normality soon......
Posted by Darren Naish at 8:02 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
