Today's bit of frog-themed natural history knowledge: big stones can kill little frogs :( With a bonus bit of frog predation in the background. Hey @uk-wildlife.bsky.social #ponds #frogs
Darren Naish
@tetzoo.bsky.social
Zoologist, author, natural historian Dr Darren Naish | Dinosaurs animals evolution | Books: DinosaursHTLE - DINOPEDIA - AncientSeaReptiles. PREHISTORIC PLANET lead consultant AppleTV | DINOCON leader | Mesozoic Art II out now https://linktr.ee/tetzoo
For those that didn't get to meet him in person at #DinoConUK, here is Wayne the Nanotyrannus with a "human" for scale. For reference, I am 6′3″, although I'm confident an animal of Wayne's size could halve that with little effort.
Now published and with reader comments... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/... #DinoConUK @dinoconuk.bsky.social
DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole — Tetrapod Zoology
Bigger, better… in fact, around twice the size of DinoCon 2025. Let’s discuss what happened at DinoCon 2026…
tetzoo.com
Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social · 2d agoComing later today... a full write-up at Tetrapod Zoology of what went down at #DinoConUK 2026.
Now published and with reader comments... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/... #DinoConUK @dinoconuk.bsky.social
DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole — Tetrapod Zoology
Bigger, better… in fact, around twice the size of DinoCon 2025. Let’s discuss what happened at DinoCon 2026…
tetzoo.com
Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social · 2d agoComing later today... a full write-up at Tetrapod Zoology of what went down at #DinoConUK 2026.
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a longish discussion of what happened at #DinoConUK 2026.... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/...
DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole — Tetrapod Zoology
Bigger, better… in fact, around twice the size of DinoCon 2025. Let’s discuss what happened at DinoCon 2026…
tetzoo.com
With the chaos of DinoCon, I forgot to share this! Scott's website has been THE resource for paleoartists for decades, and this new overhaul has made it such a breeze to use! Go check it out!!
Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor@skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 2w agoHey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...
Finally got round to taking photos of stuff from #DinoconUK links provided in alt text. Had a fantastic weekend and was good to meet friends both old and new.
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a longish discussion of what happened at #DinoConUK 2026.... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/...
DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole — Tetrapod Zoology
Bigger, better… in fact, around twice the size of DinoCon 2025. Let’s discuss what happened at DinoCon 2026…
tetzoo.com
A new TikTok at #TetZooTowers_collection, this one devoted to the amazing gorgonopsian set new out from ReptiMax, obtained at #DinoConUK 2026... vm.tiktok.com/ZN8dexqPa/
A new TikTok at #TetZooTowers_collection, this one devoted to the amazing gorgonopsian set new out from ReptiMax, obtained at #DinoConUK 2026... vm.tiktok.com/ZN8dexqPa/
Episode 1 of season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Valles Marineris - has dinosaurs and pterosaurs (albeit 65 million years in the past, not 66). I just watched it, it was pretty good and the animals were not at all bad.
Something else picked up at #DinoConUK 2026... massive thanks to the excellent Haidar Jaffri for gifting me his really nice Loch Ness Monster image. Haidar did the cover art for the UK edition of my book #AncientSeaReptiles and also has a section in #MesozoicArtII
Final round of applause for David James Armsby at #DinoConUK 2026 @dinoconuk.bsky.social (thanks Hel for filming). Shows how much his talk and film were appreciated 👏
Post-#DinoConUK 2026, we've updated the Tet Zoo store to include the stock we have left. Stickers, standees, pin badges and more featuring pterosaurs, cassowaries, dodos, crocodylomorphs and more... tetzoo-store.sumupstore.com
Something else picked up at #DinoConUK 2026... massive thanks to the excellent Haidar Jaffri for gifting me his really nice Loch Ness Monster image. Haidar did the cover art for the UK edition of my book #AncientSeaReptiles and also has a section in #MesozoicArtII
Post-#DinoConUK 2026, we've updated the Tet Zoo store to include the stock we have left. Stickers, standees, pin badges and more featuring pterosaurs, cassowaries, dodos, crocodylomorphs and more... tetzoo-store.sumupstore.com
Final round of applause for David James Armsby at #DinoConUK 2026 @dinoconuk.bsky.social (thanks Hel for filming). Shows how much his talk and film were appreciated 👏
weeeeeeeeh 😦 Happy #fossilfriday! Still riding the good vibes from #dinoconuk and finalizing the #creaturedesign for The Uncanny Valley.
Happy #FursuitFriday! I had a lot of fun at #DinoConUK this year - especially loved the Jurassic Park jeeps for very obvious reasons. 🚗💨 🦖 📸 www.instagram.com/benwilesuk 🪡 @komickrazi.bsky.social
Post-#DinoConUK 2026 you can also get the stickers, t-shirts and other things we were selling here at our shop... tetzoo-store.sumupstore.com
Tetzoo (Tetrapod Zoology) merchandise, limited edition, hand
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My lot of the book might be sold out but you can buy copies yourself direct from the publishers (Natural History Museum London)... www.nhmshop.co.uk/ancient-sea-... #AncientSeaReptiles #books
Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs & More
by Darren Naish ISBN 9780565095765 paperback 192 pages, with 100 colour illustrations W192mm x H253mm made from materials certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council standar...
nhmshop.co.uk
My entire stock of Ancient Sea Reptiles sold at #DinoConUK, huge thanks to those who bought it and attended my talk and signing event. During the talk I discussed new findings on ichthyosaur form and function, plesiosaur anatomy and physiology and mosasaur ecology - delivered to a packed room :)
Just out of our massive, full #DinoConUK debrief meeting. We learnt an awful lot and numerous modifications will be in place for next year.... full reports and more on DinoCon 2026 are coming soon :)
Just out of our massive, full #DinoConUK debrief meeting. We learnt an awful lot and numerous modifications will be in place for next year.... full reports and more on DinoCon 2026 are coming soon :)
God going to #dinoconUK has really, again, reinforced how badly I'd like to do paleoart. But I think I'm scared. Scared of being inaccurate, of misrepresenting science, of being part of the problem...