
In case you forget, softshell turtles are insanely weird
Darren Naish is a science writer, technical editor and palaeozoologist (affiliated with the University of Southampton, UK). He mostly works on Cretaceous dinosaurs and pterosaurs but has an avid interest in all things tetrapod. His publications can be downloaded at darrennaish.wordpress.com. He has been blogging at Tetrapod Zoology since 2006. Check out the Tet Zoo podcast at tetzoo.com!

In case you forget, softshell turtles are insanely weird

A Merry Tet Zoo Christmas

The Second International Workshop on the Biology of Sauropod Dinosaurs (part I)

All the whales of the world, ever (part II)

All the whales of the world, ever (part I)

The Wealden Bible: English Wealden Fossils, 2011

Paul Brinkman s The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush

Gerhard Maier's African Dinosaurs Unearthed: the Tendaguru Expeditions

Dwarf mountain toads and the ones with the doughnut-headed tadpoles
As you'll know if you've been following Tet Zoo for any length of time, I've been slowly working my way through the toads of the world for the past few years - yes, all of them, more or less.

The Crowing crested cobra

The discovery and early interpretation of Spinosaurus

What they re saying about The Great Dinosaur Discoveries

The noble tradition of military goats

Tet Zoo highlights 2006-2011, from a Tet Zoo superfan

Marsupial tapirs, diprotodontids, wombats and others: the vombatiform radiation, part II

Of koalas and marsupial lions: the vombatiform radiation, part I

In support of Scientific Triassicism: Sues and Fraser's Triassic Life on Land: the Great Transition

The `Tree-Kangaroos Come First' hypothesis

Artiodactyls and steep slopes, and a new banner for Tet Zoo

The seemingly endless weirdosity of the Milu

Identify the mystery object (please)

Hoatzins are no longer exclusively South American and once crossed an ocean

Three remarkable hummingbird discoveries

The Mulefoot and other syndactyles: not all pigs are cloven-hoofed