Darren Naish / is on Nostr

Zoologist, author, illustrator, Emperor of the TetZooniverse Darren Naish.

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2024-11-24 13:04:04

Mesozoic Art II is nearing completion (I only have two caption sections to finish) and due out in 2025. It's much bigger than Mesozoic Art, and.. oh boy, you're gonna love it. For thoughts on the first one, see... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2022/10/29/announcing-mesozoic-art #palaeoart #paleoart

2024-11-24 12:28:06

Next August (weekend of 16th-17th 2025), the very first #DinoConUK kicks off in Exeter, UK. It's a descendant of #TetZooCon but way bigger, and this first one is very much dinosaur-focused. We're very excited about it and hope that you'll join us. Info and booking for accommodation is online at .... https://www.dinocon.co.uk/

2024-11-24 12:25:22

Oh hey, I did an article recently on leiosaurids, a group of South American lizards that most people have never heard of. It only has three comments so far, two of which are from me. Anyway, if you like lizards you should check it out .... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/11/19/leiosaurid-lizards #reptiles #lizards

2024-11-19 10:06:55

I'm here, but only occasionally. So... #TetZooCon is no more: 2024 was our last one. But hello #DinoConUK, starting August 2025. We're at Exeter University in August 2025 for two days involving stalls, merch, stands, displays, quizzes, talks and more relevant to #dinosaurs and related things. You can already register interest and book accommodation.... https://www.dinocon.co.uk/

2024-10-09 09:52:24

Manuscript submitted in June. Now October and it's still apparently 'under review'. Have made some enquiries, fingers crossed...

2024-10-09 09:16:06

We just held the last ever #TetZooCon. A lot went down: it was, I think, the biggest and the best. Huge thanks to everyone who helped make it what it was. Here's a long write-up with lots of pictures.... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/10/7/the-last-tetzoocon What's next? Well...

2024-09-08 11:27:50

New at Tetrapod Zoology... a very long and picture-heavy review of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Shoebills, Giant pandas, cranes, rhinos, echidnas, marsupials and a whole lot more... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/9/5/tokyo-ueno-zoo #zoos #Tokyo #animals

2024-08-16 13:37:50

We know that people attend #TetZooCon because they hear about it on Facebook, or on Twitter... but what about MASTODON, huh? WHO will attend TetZooCon 2024 because they heard about it via mastodon? Your chance for fame, or notoriety. Tickets and info: https://tetzoo.com/convention

2024-08-16 13:35:24

New at Tetrapod Zoology: a primer on the girdled lizards, or cordylids ... Smaug, Ouroborus, Flat Lizards and More https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/8/15/smaug-ouroborus-flat-lizards-and-more #herpetology #reptiles #lizards

2024-08-11 13:31:34

@npub1e2e…0xnw @npub1jxc…qug0 You can EDIT posts? I don't believe you.

2024-08-09 12:14:58

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@npub1gpa…xlk0 LOL. I am, above all else, a natural historian, so my tetrapod bias doesn't mean that I'm ignorant of the other things - in fact I know a fair amount about them :)

2024-08-09 11:58:40

Over recent weeks I opted to create an iNaturalist account https://www.inaturalist.org/people/tetzoo, and I've since become obsessed with finding, photographing and then trying to identify arthropods (and other small animals) in the local surrounds here. There are several interesting things I've learnt from this, both about animals and natural history, and about myself...

2024-08-09 08:32:42

Earlier this year, I and a team and colleagues published a study testing the claim that T. rex was BABOON-LIKE IN INTELLIGENCE. We don't support primate-like intelligence in #dinosaurs like this, BUT saying that they were 'reptile smart' is not a bad thing. A #TetZoo article... T. rex the Tool Maker -- Testing Controversial Claims About Dinosaur Smarts https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/4/22/t-rex-the-tool-maker #Trex #fossils #intelligence #brains

2024-08-09 08:30:20

".... he has to be considered one of the most prominent, productive, respected and influential of writers on natural history in the modern age. I don’t know that this was made clear to him during his own lifetime, but dearly hope that it was". From my article on the late great Richard Ellis .... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/6/6/in-memory-of-richard-ellis #marinelife #cetaceans #sharks #whales #sealife #wildlifeart

2024-08-08 18:06:04

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@npub1gpa…xlk0 Well, welcome back you mean :) Hope you're good. Hope you can come to #TetZooCon, we have Greg Paul and you get special mention in my talk on the deplorable Brian J Ford....

2024-08-08 17:33:52

I've been away from mastodon but now I'm back, let's see how it goes. I will start by telling you about my new DOGMAN article at Tet Zoo .... https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/7/30/the-tale-of-dogman Yes, people interested in monsters are claiming / believing that actual dog-headed humanoids are a real thing, it's a bizarre phenomenon....