BiologyJanuary 18, 2018
Raptors Once More (Raptors, Part 2)
In which we look at the remaining (accipitriform) raptors...
Stories by Darren Naish
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!
BiologyJanuary 7, 2018
Raptor Raptor Raptor, Part 1
A quick look at the history and diversity of the birds of prey...
BiologyDecember 23, 2017
Closing Down for Christmas
Best festive wishes...
BiologyDecember 21, 2017
Zoology Books of 2017
From Does It Fart? to the Loch Ness Monster Reloaded, Evolution In Minutes and Dinosaur Art II…
BiologyDecember 18, 2017
Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Conservation, the 2017 Joint Scientific Meeting
Conference news from the world of frogs, salamanders, lizards and snakes...
BiologyDecember 6, 2017
The Tropidurine Treerunners
In which we lament the poorly known status of the local name wakanama...
EvolutionNovember 29, 2017
10 Long, Happy Years of Xenoposeidon
Publish a weird new species of dinosaur. Sit back and let history run its course. It might be bad. It might not
BiologyNovember 21, 2017
The Tiger Subspecies Revised, 2017
So, how many different tiger subspecies are there, 8? 7? 6? Err...... 2?
EvolutionNovember 15, 2017
The "Birds Are Not Dinosaurs" Movement
Birds are dinosaurs. But some scientists argue that this just can’t be so because... because... well, it just can’t. What, specifically, are their arguments?
BiologyNovember 6, 2017
How Many White Rhino Species Are There? The Conversation Continues
Is there one white rhino species, or two? And what, if anything, can we do about these intractable debates on lumping versus splitting?
BiologyOctober 31, 2017
Tet Zoo Reviews Zoos: Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo, England--What is it like and what is there to see there and is it good? Let’s find out
BiologyOctober 25, 2017
The TetZooCon of 2017
The fourth TetZooCon—a convention devoted to the theme and content of the blog Tetrapod Zoology—just happened, and what a success it was...
EvolutionOctober 10, 2017
The Fall and Rise of Protoichthyosaurus
Are the rumors true? Is an obscure British ichthyosaur, named in 1979 and all but forgotten, really back from the trash bin of synonymy? Well, let’s find out...
BiologyOctober 3, 2017
For Rodent Week, the Gift of Jerboas
They jump, they’re variously very large and very small, and they have very weird feet...
BiologySeptember 29, 2017
Secretary Birds: Weird, but Actually Not That Weird
You know it as the secretary bird—as one of the most aberrant of raptors. Is it really that unusual compared with the rest of its clan? Yes. But also no...
EvolutionSeptember 26, 2017
Darin Croft's Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys
At last, a weighty, comprehensive, beautifully illustrated volume on the amazing extinct mammals of South America’s geological past...
BiologySeptember 18, 2017
The Fourth TetZooCon
It’s time once again for a unique conference experience, and it happens in London on October 21st…
BiologySeptember 8, 2017
What—If Anything—Is a Geoemydid?
Maybe you haven’t heard of them. They’re diverse, widespread, weird, sometimes colorful, and often critically endangered...
BiologyAugust 30, 2017
The Unique and Efficient 4-Flipper Locomotion of Plesiosaurs
Did a remarkable group of extinct reptiles have a remarkable means of propelling themselves through the water?
CultureAugust 24, 2017
An Ode to Britains Toy Animals
Do we underestimate the power of toys in education, outreach and inspiration?
EvolutionAugust 17, 2017
Letters from the World of Turtle Evolution
Spills and thrills from the exciting world of turtle evolutionary history...
BiologyAugust 9, 2017
Mountain Beaver, Boomer, Sewellel
You know the mountain beaver, you’ve just never had the time to talk about it. Now is the time
EvolutionJuly 29, 2017
J.Lo and Other Araripemydid Pleurodires
A story of arrow-shaped ungual bones, hind foot paddles and the diversity of pleurodires past...
EvolutionJuly 21, 2017
Fossils We Want to Find
There’s a list of fossils I’d really like you to go out and find. Good luck.