Way back in 2009 (the ScienceBlogs years) I published a Tetrapod Zoology article titled ‘Tell me something new about basilisks, puh-lease’ wherein I lamented the fact that people only ever say the same one thing about basilisks. Aware that there’s all too little squamate content here at Tetrapod Zoology ver 4, I here present a much augmented and updated version of that article…
Regular readers will be aware that my latest book – Ancient Sea Reptiles (Natural History Museum Publishing in the UK, Smithsonian Books in the US) – is now out and on sale…
In the previous article, we looked at the European, scientific discovery of the Okapi Okapia johnstoni…
If you’ve heard of the Okapi Okapia johnstoni – and if you’re at all interested in the history of zoology – chances are high that you’ve heard the famous story of this animal’s scientific discovery…
Time to engage in more lark-themed musings of a phylogenetic nature….
One of the most fascinating episodes in the history of palaeontology is that of Piltdown man, an alleged human ancestor discovered in 1908 at Piltdown in Sussex, England…
Plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs and the other sea-going reptiles of the Mesozoic seas are among the most fascinating and awesome animals of all time. But if you want a comprehensive, well-illustrated book that reviews them all… well, you’re out of luck, since no such volume exists. UNTIL NOW.
A group of passerine birds often framed as a bit boring and samey are no such thing…
The rumours are true! At last, we have data on baryonychine brains…
I knew that 2022 would be a busy year, but… my god.
Way back in 2010, I published a series of articles on the various pouches, pockets and sacs (virtually all of which are laryngeal diverticula of one sort or another) that exist in the heads, necks and chests of mammals. I never finished that series.
In 2009, I visited a zoo in Libya, and here are thoughts on it…
