I only interacted with him online, and in small ways, but he was always lovely and excited to do so.
Being chronically online, I saw much of the Smithsonian’s ‘Dr. Is In’ videos, and read a lot of the comments on them. Even YouTube’s infamously corrosive community loved and valued him.
My obituary of the highly accomplished and brilliant Professor Hans-Dieter Sues (1956-2026) is now online, let me know if you want a pdf... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NICGG...
#MesozoicLifeStories
Update 19
River of Giants
Progress Update 10
April 20, 2026
"...once the SFM pre-animation is finished and exported to Blender, we will move on to the polishing and correction phase, guided by the paleontologist Dr. Darren Naish"
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Philip Hood original art from Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs and After Man, in frames.
Yup, the originals. Now to get them on the gallery wall.
Featuring books from @restingdinoface.bsky.social @ichnologist.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @davehone.bsky.social @kennethlacovara.bsky.social & many others!
Paul Barrett will be hosting a technical talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about Zimbabwe’s dinosaur heritage and new fieldwork that has yielded surprising results.
Paul is Head of Fossil Vertebrates & Palaeoanthropology at the Natural History Museum, London. He has published nearly 250 scientific papers.
Philip Hood original art from Dougal Dixon's The New Dinosaurs and After Man, in frames.
Yup, the originals. Now to get them on the gallery wall.
Book tickets and accommodation TODAY at our site. Tickets are selling fast, we look forward to seeing you in Birmingham in July :) www.dinocon.co.uk Follow us at @dinoconuk.bsky.social
DinoCon 2026 promo image, showing Allosaurus and people in front of Birmingham Hilton
DinoCon 2026 promo image, showing presenter and GOH David James Armsby
DinoCon 2026 promo image, showing speaker Tim Haines
DinoCon 2026 promo image, showing speaker Maria McNamara
More #DinoConUK 2026 announcements are coming soon! So, we have David James Armsby, Tim Haines, Maria McNamara... lots more to announce. Plus ENORMOUS number of vendors, events, basically everything that happened 2025 AND THEN SOME. DinoCon 2026 happens at Hilton Birmingham Metropole, July 25th-26th
Very shortly going to go collect, in person, some historically significant SpecZoo-themed items, stay tuned....
We've now hit the required 23 comments at Tet Zoo on the Koumpi Cretaceous croc article: lots of discussion on croc palaeobiology and diversity, so next article coming soon... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/4/... #fossils #crocodyliforms
I only trust the ID if I hear the song / call also and have some idea of what it is already, and I agree on the false positives
ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx, Andrewsarchus and Rubidgea on desk.
Ok, finally making videos on the ReptiMax Andrewsarchus, coming to TikTok soon...
Merlin bird app results.
Merlin bird app results.
On birds, the Merlin app IDed some total surprises (as usual, I think these are mistakes), namely another parulid (Yellow warbler) and Bonelli's warbler. Yeah right.
Scorpionfly on leaf.
Close-up scorpionfly head and thorax.
Bibio fly on leaf.
Some fantastic insects seen, the highlights being scorpionfly (I struggle to distinguish German from Common European) and what I think is Bibio, the very odd St Marks fly...
Bluebells on forest floor.
Bluebells on forest floor.
Greenery in a woodland.
Greenery in a woodland.
Went to West Wood today for a list of reasons, one of which was to see the flowering bluebells. Pretty impressive. And the wildlife? Well...
Nice :) I got these while all in Japan, all except the Komodo dragon!
It was a mistake, we only have Carrion crow here. The app often labels Carrion crow as hoodie.
Merlin bird app results.
Merlin bird app results.
On birds, the Merlin app IDed some total surprises (as usual, I think these are mistakes), namely another parulid (Yellow warbler) and Bonelli's warbler. Yeah right.
Scorpionfly on leaf.
Close-up scorpionfly head and thorax.
Bibio fly on leaf.
Some fantastic insects seen, the highlights being scorpionfly (I struggle to distinguish German from Common European) and what I think is Bibio, the very odd St Marks fly...
Bluebells on forest floor.
Bluebells on forest floor.
Greenery in a woodland.
Greenery in a woodland.
Went to West Wood today for a list of reasons, one of which was to see the flowering bluebells. Pretty impressive. And the wildlife? Well...
An enjoyable talk by @tetzoo.bsky.social for yesterday's @forteanlondon.bsky.social event.
@conwayhall.bsky.social
#seamonsters #seacreatures #seaserpent
The @forteanlondon.bsky.social event at Conway Hall had its very own Unwarranted Afternoon Performance. #strangecentral
ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx, Andrewsarchus and Rubidgea on desk.
Ok, finally making videos on the ReptiMax Andrewsarchus, coming to TikTok soon...
Sea Monsters Past and Present with Dr Darren Naish
Sea Monsters Past and Present with Dr Darren Naish at #StrangeCentral
Seriously. They're all good. Can't recommend them enough if you're a paleontology enthusiast.
In my wisdom, I filmed the #StrangeCentral fire extinguisher incident, part of it anyway...
Journey is finished, thanks to everyone who played along :)
Takis! I would eat them every day if I could... which would reduce my life expectancy by some decades.
