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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.

Recent Posts

• Scolecophidians: seriously strange serpents
• 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• The Crystal Palace monsters, armoured tyrannosaurs and lurking sauropods: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part I)
• California's declining frogs
• I'll be back
• Raptor makes killing in university grounds
• Do short titles really work?
• When I grow up, I want to be a functional anatomist: functional anatomy part III
• Of dragons, marsupial lions and the sixth digits of elephants: functional anatomy part II
• Bipedal orangs, gait of a dinosaur, and new-look Ichthyostega: exciting times in functional anatomy part I

Recent Comments

• Cameron on 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• Pavel I. Volkov on 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• David Marjanović on 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• Hai~Ren on Scolecophidians: seriously strange serpents
• Jerzy on 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• johannes on 'From the north came the furry tyrannosaurs', and other memorable lines: a look back at 'Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective' (part II)
• Nemo Ramjet on Scolecophidians: seriously strange serpents
• Jerzy on Scolecophidians: seriously strange serpents
• Pat on Raptor makes killing in university grounds
• Tengu on Scolecophidians: seriously strange serpents

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• 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

• Ask A Biologist
• Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
• Southampton Natural History Society
• Chessel Bay Local Nature Reserve

Friends and colleagues

• The adventures of Ben Speers-Roesch
• Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings
• Ask Dr Vector
• The Ethical Palaeontologist
• Graeme's photos
• Mike P. Taylor
• Mark Witton's photos
• Neil Phillips' Photos (UK Wildlife)
• News from Nemo Ramjet
• Olduvai George: Dealing with the Beasts
• Philosophica Neopalaeontographica
• Stephen Bodio's Querencia
• UK Wildlife - by Neil

Other tetrapod-based blogs

• Afarensis
• Bestiarium
• Camera Trap Codger
• Catalogue of Organisms
• The Dragon's Tales
• Evolving Thoughts
• Fish Feet
• Fretmarks
• Frog Matters
• Hairy Museum of Natural History
• John Hawks Anthropology weblog
• Laelaps
• The Lord Geekington
• Marc van Roosmalen : New Species Discoveries
• Matt Bille's Sci/Tech blog
• Nimravid's Weblog
• Pondering Pikaia
• Rigor Vitae
• Traumador the tyrannosaur in The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
• When Pigs Fly Returns
• The World We Don't Live In

Other Information

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• Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life



• Walking With Dinosaurs: The Evidence



• Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight

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