"It is - still - the best zoological blog out there, period"
With six years of tedious phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, Darren Naish stares longingly from his office window at the birds outside and wonders: why did I bother? He pursues exotic lizards and feral cats across the British countryside, occasionally prizes the skeletal jaws from hedgehog corpses, and aims to publish his technical work on obscure Cretaceous dinosaurs. He remains desperately in quest of an academic job that'll last more than a month, and - with a background in TV research, e-learning development, academic editing, popular writing, teaching, landscape gardening, parenting and the wonderful world of retail - he still holds out hope of becoming a dedicated academic. He can be contacted intermittently at eotyrannus (at) gmail dot com. For more biographical info go here.
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March 30, 2007
Category: mammalogy
One last post on British felids, and if you're bored or uninterested in cats.. well, sorry. Rhinogradentians next (though with a nod to Cretaceous zygodactyl birds, burrowing ornithopods, prosauropods, and the new azhdarchoid pterosaurs that Dave Martill and Mark...
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March 29, 2007
Category: mammalogy
In the previous post I discussed some of the interesting goings-on that happened at the 1st Annual Big Cats in Britain Conference, held at Hull between the 23rd and 25th March. If you found any of the stuff I...
Posted by Darren Naish at 6:36 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2007
Category: mammalogy
I've said it before, but it's worth saying again: we live in exciting times. When new Cretaceous theropod dinosaurs and bizarre fossil lizards come out of the woodwork thick and fast; when highly obscure, recently discovered birds are relocated...
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:04 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2007
Category: preemptive
Well, holy crap. Want to have your enthusiasm for a certain subject invigorated? Then attend a conference; preferably one that features amazing new data, unbelievably cool new video clips, valuable discussion of new ideas and sharing of concepts, is...
Posted by Darren Naish at 5:58 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2007
Category: community
Tomorrow morning I leave for that conference. One last thing before I go......
Posted by Darren Naish at 6:34 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 21, 2007
Category: mammalogy
So, at last, it's that war rhinos post you've all been waiting for......
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March 19, 2007
Category: preemptive
Everybody's talking about it: that most controversial of ideas... were rhinos ever used in warfare? Sure, you've seen armoured war elephants, but what about armoured war rhinos? Well, there's good news, and there's bad news. Stay tuned, for all...
Posted by Darren Naish at 5:40 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 18, 2007
Category: ornithology
At 12:30am this morning, as I lay on the settee watching Walking With Monsters on the UK History channel, there came an almighty series of loud noises from the fireplace. Like most British homes these days, we retain an...
Posted by Darren Naish at 7:38 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 17, 2007
Category: speculative zoology
Readers in the UK might be aware of Primeval, an ITV drama series featuring a time portal that connects the present day with the past. The main premise of the series seems to be that various animals from the...
Posted by Darren Naish at 8:32 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 16, 2007
Category: mammalogy
The naming of any new large mammal species is always an exciting event, and within the past few days you've probably heard much in the news about the formal recognition of a new species of extant big cat: the...
Posted by Darren Naish at 10:21 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
