Tetrapod Zoology

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Darren Naish is a science writer, technical editor and palaeozoologist (affiliated with the University of Portsmouth, UK) who mostly works on Cretaceous dinosaurs and pterosaurs. He also studies such things as the swimming abilities of giraffes and fossil marine reptiles. An avid interest in modern wildlife and conservation has resulted in many adventures in lizard-chasing, bird-watching and litter-collecting. I've been blogging since 2006 and a compilation of early Tet Zoo articles is now available in book form as Tetrapod Zoology Book One. Additional recent books include The Great Dinosaur Discoveries and Dinosaurs Life Size. For more biographical info go here. I can be contacted intermittently at eotyrannus (at) gmail dot com. PLEASE NOTE: I am now completely unable to keep up with email correspondence. I do my best to respond to all queries and requests, but please don't be offended if I fail to reply. I blog from and about conferences - please contact me for more info. Follow me on twitter: @TetZoo.

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Recent Posts

• Tetrapod Zoology has moved
• Goodbye Tet Zoo ver 2. This really is the end.
• Inside Nature's Giants: polar bear special
• Geckos love Tet Zoo
• Hoopoes and woodhoopoes
• What does it feel like to get bitten by a ground hornbill, I hear you ask?
• An introduction to hornbills
• When books die. And owls. I don't mean "when owls die"... I just mean: owls. As in: this article is mostly about owls.
• The bearded pigs
• Giant owls vs solenodons

Recent Comments

• DDeden on Pouches, pockets and sacs in the heads, necks and chests of mammals, part I: primates
• Jim on Slow-worms of 2008
• ctl on The Dufftown cat and its rabbit-headed kin
• Peter Jack on The mastiff cat hypothesis
• DDeden on Pouches, pockets and sacs in the heads, necks and chests of mammals, part I: primates
• Quasar on What does it feel like to get bitten by a ground hornbill, I hear you ask?
• David Marjanović on Pouches, pockets and sacs in the heads, necks and chests of mammals, part I: primates
• Lila on What does it feel like to get bitten by a ground hornbill, I hear you ask?
• DDeden on Pouches, pockets and sacs in the heads, necks and chests of mammals, part I: primates
• DDeden on Pouches, pockets and sacs in the heads, necks and chests of mammals, part I: primates

Archives

• November 2011
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• December 2010
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• December 2009
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• July 2008
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• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007

Tetrapod Zoology backstory

• Darren Naish's photos
• My old UOP site
• Tetrapod Zoology ver 1

The ones I participate in

• Ontograph Studios
• Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
• Azhdarchid Paleobiology
• Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered, the Blog
• Southampton Natural History Society
• Chessel Bay Local Nature Reserve
• Ask A Biologist

Mostly on extant tetrapods

• Amphibian Species of the World
• AmphiaWeb
• Avibase
• The Beaked Whale Resource
• Biological Ramblings
• Birder's World Field of View
• Camera Trap Codger
• Carnivore Ecology & Conservation
• Croc Blog
• David B. Wake's Lab
• The EMYSystem
• European Field Herping
• Fretmarks
• Frog Matters
• The Global Owl Project
• The Glor Lab
• James F. Parham
• The Lizard Lounge
• The Losos Lab
• Marc van Roosmalen, Amazon Association
• The Marsupial Ring
• The Natural Stuff
• Ninjameys
• Penguinology
• Neil Phillips' Photos (UK Wildlife)
• Primate Info Net
• Reptiles & Amphibians of the UK
• The Reptipage
• The Rhino Resource Center
• Rigor Vitae
• The Shine Lab
• Sloth World
• SNOMNH Herpetology Blog
• The Tapir Gallery
• 10,000 Birds
• Tigr Reptile Database
• Ultimate Ungulate
• UK Wildlife - by Neil
• Venomous Snake Systematics Alert
• World Bird Info

Mostly Cenozoic

• Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science
• Caribbean Paleobiology
• The Coastal Paleontologist
• D. Croft S. American mammals
• Fossil Turtle Newsletter
• Gerald Mayr palaeornithology publications
• K. Christopher Beard publications
• John Hawks Anthropology weblog
• March of the Fossil Penguins
• Olduvai George: Dealing with the Beasts
• Oludvai George Flickr site
• Paleocene mammals of the world
• Philip D. Gingerich
• Society of Avian Palaeontology and Evolution
• Stephen Wroe
• The Thewissen Lab

Mostly Mesozoic

• Ankylosaur Library
• Archives of the DML
• Australian Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
• Richard J. Butler ornithischians
• Chinleana
• Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings ver 1
• Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings ver 2
• DinoGoss
• Dinosaur genus list from Thomas R. Holtz's Dinosaurs
• DinoWight
• Dracovenator
• Early Bird
• The Science and Art of Gregory S. Paul
• Ichthyosaur Page (Ryosuke Motani)
• Jerry D. Harris
• Jurassic Journeys
• The Life of Madygen
• Luis V. Rey's Art Gallery, Dinosaurs and Paleontology
• Mark Witton's photos
• Matt Wedel
• Matthew F. Bonnan
• Mesozoic Vertebrates (BSPG)
• Mike P. Taylor
• Oceans of Kansas
• The Open Source Paleontologist
• Palaeoblog
• Palaeontography
• Paleocreations.com
• Paleo Errata
• Pan-Aves
• Philosophica Neopalaeontographica
• The Plesiosaur Directory
• The Plesiosaur Site
• Pterosaur.net Blog
• Susan E. Evans, UCL
• Theropoda
• The Theropod Archives
• The Theropod Database
• Why I Hate Theropods
• Zhe-Xi Luo publications

Palaeozoic

• Early tetrapod research at the University of Cambridge

Cryptozoology

• The Aquatic Monsters Site
• Big Cats in Britain
• Still On The Track
• Cryptomundo
• Cryptozoology.com
• Loch Ness Investigation
• ShukerNature
• Virtual Institute of Cryptozoology

Speculative Zoology

• Conceptual Zoology
• Dougal Dixon's After Man
• Furahan Biology and Allied Matters
• The Future is Wild
• Metazoica
• Metazoica, the blog
• The Neocene Project
• Philosophica Dixonia
• Planet Furaha
• Spectim
• The Speculative Dinosaur Project
• Speculative Evolution Forum
• The Squamozoic

Toys and models

• The Dinosaur Toy Blog
• The Dinosaur Toy Forum
• Scheich figures at SPModels
• Tapir and Friends Wildlife World

Not easily categorised

• The Aquatic Amniote
• The Armchair Zoologist
• Ask Dr Vector
• Bestiarium
• Catalogue of Organisms
• Dinochick Blogs
• Dots in Deep Time
• The Dragon's Tales
• The Disillusioned Taxonomist
• The Ethical Palaeontologist
• Evolving Thoughts
• Fish Feet
• Hairy Museum of Natural History
• Laelaps
• The Lord Geekington
• Matt Bille's Sci/Tech blog
• News from Nemo Ramjet
• Nimravid's Weblog
• Pondering Pikaia
• Querencia
• StrangeArk
• Stenfugle
• The Theatrical Tanystropheus
• Traumador the tyrannosaur in The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
• When Pigs Fly Returns
• The World We Don't Live In
• Witmer Lab
• Zygoma

Invaluable resources

• The Polyglot Paleontologist
• HTML Codes - characters and symbols