Terrible Lizards
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S12DB08 Dinosaur Cuckoos?
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did dinosaurs raise each other's young like modern cuckoos do? Dr Dave Hone and Iszi Lawrence discuss how we would know if brood parasitism existed mi...
S12E03 Crocs
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Please support the show, grab extra content and keep the podcast ad free: https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards You can watch this as a video on you...
S12DB07 Netflix: The Dinosaurs. Trailer Review
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iszi and Dave briefly discuss the new Netflix series "Dinosaurs". Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ejpMkrDDsWw They analyse the accuracy of the ...
S12DB06 Frost Bite
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs in the Arctic and Antarctic likely survived cold conditions by using similar strategies to extant species. The discovery of a new T. rex f...
S12E02 Writing with Dinosaurs
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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S12DB005 Spinosaurus mirabilis and Ajkaceratops
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Little Dinosaur bite for you! Support us for extra bonus episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards Covering two new papers: https://ww...
TLS12DB004 Why are pterosaurs bigger than birds?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Dinosaur bites 003
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur Bites is taken from a live we did back in 2024. We ask where are the Australian Dinosaurs? What was the first ever Dinosaur? Why are only sma...
S12E01 African Prosauropods
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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TLS12DB02 colours and Compsognathus bites
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur Bites 002 Terrible Lizards Podcast returns with a discussion on dinosaur colours, and Compsognathus, from a 2021 live session. We talk about ...
TLS12DB01 Spinosaur Bites
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A short extract from a live we did back in 2021 about these two new #spinosaur species: Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops. If you want to find out more ...
S11E12 Questions Megasode
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to our wonderful Patrons we are planning video as well as audio versions of the podcast from now on! Just as we have for the Bonus Episodes. (N...
Nanotyrannus or not?
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest news in palaeontology this year dropped just in time for us to miss it with last month's episode but we're giving it the full hour this ti...
S11E10 Spinosaur Tales oo woo oo
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave has *another* book coming out and so of course he wants to talk about it a bit on the pod. Happily for the listeners, this time out he has a coau...
TLS11E09 Ancient Sea Reptiles
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and...
TLS11E08 Sauropodcast Spectacular!
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disaster with the recording this episode! Sorry if it is hard to hear in places we were forced to use the emergency back up! Disaster with the recordi...
TLS11E07 Flappy Flap Bum Flaps
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pterosaur soft tissues It's a double new paper episode this time as thanks to the magic of almost random review and publication times, Dave has two pa...
TLS11E06 LIVE AT FOSSIL FESTIVAL
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
June, rather incredibly, marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of series 1, episode 1 of the podcast. As a rather fortuitous bit of timing, we wer...
TLS11E05 Curating Dinosaurs II Curate Harder
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curating Dinosaurs II Curate Harder! On this episode we welcome Jordan Mallon, a long-time collaborator of Dave's and, against the odds, a long-time l...
TLS11E04 Curating Dinosaurs
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have talked about all manner of fundamentals of research on fossils over the years here on Terrible Lizards, including finding and excavating fossi...
TLS11E03 T. rex slugfest!
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time out we are joined by palaeontologist Andre Rowe to talk about his research into the skulls of giant carnivorous dinosaurs and what this mean...
TLS11E02 Dinos and Dragons
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode is a sort of follow-up to that from the start of the year, looking at some of the more problematic areas of dinosaurs and palaeon...
TLS11E01 Say My Name
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Series 11, eh? We don't think we, or anyone else reading this, expected that. Nor did we expect issues with Dave's microphone (apologies)… Still, he...
TLS10E12 End of Year Megasode!
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to Kyle, Tom, Ashley, Aurous, Wayne, Paleo Pete, Tyler, Will, Israel, Charles, James and Edward Support us on patreon.com/terriblelizards and b...
TLS10E11 Skiphosoura - the pterosaur of the gaps
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Skiphosoura – the pterosaur of the gaps So last week Dave had a new paper out and this time it's a new pterosaur, named Skiphosoura bavarica (the sw...
TLS10E10 Uncovering Dinosaur Behaviour
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave has a new book out next week and it's the culmination of several years work. Longtime listeners will know the major themes already from the episo...
TLS10E09 Mike Benton
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last month we mentioned that legendary palaeontologist Mike Benton had announced his retirement, but with a few quick emails, Dave was able to grab hi...
TlS10E08 Sauropods couldn't lick
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've made plenty of jokes over the years about the general lack of sauropod skulls and the frustrations of trying to work out what these animals were...
TLS10E07 The Megalosauroids
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The spinosaurs get all the love (OK, mostly hate) and attention when it comes to the megalosauroids, but they are but one weird branch of this group o...
TLS10E06 The Death of The Dinosaurs
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have touched on the extinction that killed the dinosaurs plenty of times before over the various seasons of TL, but we have never really tackled it...
TLS10E05 Live Dinosaur Questions
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live edited recording at The Oxford Fire Station on 25/05/2024. Live Anniversary Q&A for the Oxford Podcast Festival It's the 4th (!) anniversary of ...
TLS10E04 Dinosaurs of the Antarctic
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all know about how common dinosaurs can be in places like Europe, Argentina, the US, China and Mongolia, but they have turned up in dozens and doze...
TLS10E03 Dinosaur footprints
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur footprints with Peter Falkingham Footprints and trackways are an amazing source of data on how dinosaurs moved and what they did. But interpr...
TLs10E02 Coelophysis
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We don't often delve into the Triassic since Dave is not well versed in that time and the animals that were around then, but there were some very impo...
TLS10E01 200 years of dinosaurs
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2024 is the 200th anniversary of the naming of the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus. While 'Dinosauria' wouldn't be coined till 1842 (so we have ...
TLS09E12 The Dinosaur who must not be named!
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stegosaurus with Dr Susie Maidment THE TIME HAS COME. For ages Dave, for very Dave reasons refused to cover one dinosaur. Now, we find out all about i...
TLS09E11 The Bite Stuff
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime listeners will be familiar with the fact that Dave has spent a lot of time looking at and working on various bites marks on dinosaur bones le...
TLS09E10 Dino Docs!
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur documentaries are booming again so it's time to blow the lid on some insider secrets of how these get made. (Alternative description: Dave co...
TLS09E09 Odd ideas in palaeontology
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Odd ideas in palaeontology Palaeontology as a scientific field is beyond popular in the media and with the public but that also means it draws a lot o...
TLS09E08 Mega Questions Episode
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is the mega questions episode! Due to Dave etch-a-sketching everything in his life, making things like access to the internet an unusual hurdle, we...
TLS09E07 Elvis is extinct!
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Petrodactyle and Pterosaur Growth Dave has had a productive year for pterosaur papers and now two are out in quick succession(!) so get ready for a do...
TLS09E06 Utah Rapture
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week a 'what I did on my holidays' from Dave, though it wasn't a holiday and he dug a hole in Utah and looked at a ton of museums and quarries. T...
TLS09E05 A Sternum talking to
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pterosaurs flew! No big shock there, but obviously flight places major constraints and selective pressures on the skeleton. This should mean all ptero...
TLs09E04 Don't Mamention the neck
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sauropods in general don't get the love they should on Terrible Lizards because, well, Dave doesn't know that much about them (and everyone knows ther...
TLS09E03 Dinosaur Displays
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is an area we have definitely covered before but it's one of perennial interest and keeps coming round with new studies, how can we tell what anc...
TLS09E02 Dinosaurs News
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have been a hit in the media for about as long as palaeontologists have been digging them up. But even in the ...
TLS09E01 Displaying Dinosaurs
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are into series 9 now and still going, though starting with this episode, in a bid to be more consistent and less panicked about completing series ...
TLS08E08 Were T.Rex 70 percent bigger?
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the series is our favourite - we answer your questions! A massive thank you to our patrons who contributed the questions. Go to patreon.c...
TLS08E07 Chewing Triceratops with Ali Nabavizadeh
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaur jaws and feeding with Ali Nabavizadeh We started with theropod feeding but what about the herbivores? This week we're joined by Ali Nabavizad...
TLS8E06 Biomechanics of Dinosaur Motion
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Although we looked at some biomechanical work earlier this series, this time we get into the real depths of how dinosaurs moved. John Hutchinson joins...
TLS08E05 Sauropodcast
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some dinosaurs haven't had enough love on here (though some get what they deserve, I mean, who even likes Stegosaurus?) and chief among them are the s...
TLS08E04 The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs with Mark Witton We have covered palaeoart here from time to time and the process of producing images of dinosaurs and other ...
TLS08E03 British Iguanodontids
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
British iguanodontids with Joe Bonsor We have touched on Iguanodon before as one of the earliest named dinosaurs and an animal with some interesting r...
TLS08E02 Black Market fossils and Ornithocheirid pterosaurs
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on the previous series where pterosaurs dominated, we had to sneak in a bit more of them here. Dave has always had an aversion to the too...
TLS08E01 Tyrannosaurus Bites
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Theropod jaw biomechanics with Manabu Sakamoto We are still going! We are back and like last series, we're taking a bit of a different tack to the pre...
TL Bonus Jurassic pterosaur: Dearc Sgiathanach
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The new series will start on the 12th of October! If you would like to support us and get our bonus episodes sooner - please consider becoming a patro...
TLS07E08 Did Pterosaurs Squawk?
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you could give the paleontology field NASA's budget what would you do with it? Ever used laser-stimulated fluorescence? How do pterosaurs sleep? Wa...
TLS07E07 How Science Works
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How science works In another in the increasingly long line of topics we probably should have covered quite a few series ago, this week we are addressi...
TLS07E06 Working with dinosaurs
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is perhaps the question that gets asked the most and so it's time to address it properly (well, we are 7 seasons in, we were going to get to it s...
TLS07E05 Pteranodon
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the best known, and most often misrepresented, pterosaur is Pteranodon. It has become the archetypal pterosaur and is always in the background...
TL0704 Anurognathids
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the very biggest to the smallest, anurognathids were the little fuzz balls of pterosaurs that barely reached 1m wingspan as adults. They were bat...
TLS07E03 Azhdarchids
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If most people know one thing about pterosaurs (well one correct thing rather than them being flying dinosaurs or bird ancestors) it's that they got r...
TLS07E02 Pterosaurs in Motion
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's hopefully not a surprise at this point that pterosaurs were fully powered and capable fliers and that they were not passive gliders or could only...
TLS07E01 Pterodactylus
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've run out of dinosaurs (stega what now?) and so thanks to popular demand (well, Dave's demand) we're doing (almost) an entire series on pterosaurs...
TL BONUS Dinosaur Education
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode previously released to our patrons on Patreon. If you want to support us, and get more content please visit patreon.com/terrib...
TLS06E08 Dancing Dinosaurs and Bat Noses
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Questions episode! Untapped fossils, bad evolution, therapod bites, spaniel ears, courtship dances and MORE! Big thanks to everyone who sent in th...
TLS06E07 The Future of Dinosaurs
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Future of Dinosaurs No guest this week as Dave manages to ramble on for an entire hour on his own again (well, Ok, Iszi helps him ramble). To be f...
TLS06E06 Alvarezsaurs
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alvarezsaurs From a micro dinosaur to the very smallest, this time out we're looking at the little alvarezsaurs which include the smallest of the non-...
TLS06E05 Evolution
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evolution In one way it's more than a bit late to only talk about evolution when we are 6 and a bit series into Terrible Lizards and this should argua...
TL S06E04 Microraptor
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've already mentioned Gigantoraptor this series so let's get down to the other end of the etymological scale and look at Microraptor. This little dr...
TLS06E03 Dinosaur Diets
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At various times in previous episodes we have talked about what various dinosaurs ate and bits of data about diet, but this time we're going to take a...
TLS06E02 Oviraptorosaurs
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back to dinosaurs so you can relax (though the pterosaurs will return next series). This time out, we are going with the oviraptorosaurs - and note th...
TLS06E01 Rhamphorhynchus
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Series 6? That can't be right. Surely this is 3 or 4 or something, 5 at the outside. Blimey. Anyway, we are back and we have new episodes though we ar...
TLS06E00 Series 6 Trailer
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A slightly silly intro to series 6 of Terrible Lizards, a podcast about dinosaurs which will be starting on Wednesday 9th of February 2022. (The guest...
TLS04 Bonus Histology
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Yara Haridy who has just completed her PhD on the histology of dinosaurs and other reptiles. On the podcast we normally just talk about who...
TLS05E08 Are there dinosaurs on the moon?
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are there dinosaurs on the moon? What are digs in Antarctica like? Dave Hone and iszi Lawrence answer your dinosaur Questions! At the end of each seri...
TLS05E07 PaleoArt
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With every big new paper or museum exhibition there will be artwork depicting dinosaurs as actual living animals, as well as all kinds of other repres...
TLs05E06 Torosaurus
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Way back in the mists of time (last year) we did a whole podcast on Triceratops, one of the most famous dinosaurs of all. But is Triceratops not all i...
TLS05E05 Heterodontosaurs
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've covered one small, unadorned and under-rated herbivorous ornithischian already this series in Psittacosaurus and here's another one in the remar...
TLS05E04 The Big Bird Debate
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Iszi is in Dave's house! We have talked many times about the fact that birds are dinosaurs and we've covered some of the modern evidence that links th...
TLS05E03 Dinosaur Size with Spanners!
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have talked before about how large some of the giant sauropods were and how being big can really affect your biology, but just how do palaeontologi...
TLS05E02 Psittacosaurus
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to give some love to some dinosaurs that don't get enough and pretty much top of that list needs to be Psittacosaurus. This (mostly) little ...
TLS05E01 Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops – Chris Barker and Darren Naish Just like the start of series 3, we are kicking off the new series with a special on...
TLS05 Trailer
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Series 5 trailer with Dave Hone, Iszi Lawrence, Jay Foreman, Darren Naish, Suzy Buttress, I know dino, Bec Hill and Spanners! Series 5 starts on 29th ...
TLS04 Bonus - Marine Reptiles
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview about Marine Reptiles with Keirsten Formso @formophology. To get more free bonus content FIRST become a Terrible Lizards Patron on patreo...
TLS04E08 Your Dinosaur Questions Answered
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is the final episode this series and as usual we are answering some of your dinosaur questions (as many as we could cram into an hour). A massive t...
TLS04E07 The Origins of Paleontology
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Hone tells Iszi Lawrence about the early days of paleontology and the very first dinosaur discoveries in the UK. We cover the perpetually unlucky...
S04E06 Growing Dinosaurs
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from our last adventure into the realm of the very biggest dinosaurs, we now have a look at the other side of this issue which is that bi...
S04E05 The Biggest Dinosaurs
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the single most notable feature of dinosaurs is the quite extraordinary sizes that many of them achieved. We have talked before about some of ...
S04E04 Dinosaur Farts (and Scansoriopterygids)
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This time out it is a group of dinosaurs very few people will have heard of or know very much about but they are a fascinating group of small, feather...
S04E03 Dinosaur Papers
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just how reliable are research papers and what goes on to get them published and accepted in the scientific literature and, critically, are they relia...
S04E02 Dinosaur social groups
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's numerous illustrations and documentaries showing great herds of dinosaurs together and it is very common to come across the idea that various ...
S04E01 Tyrannosaurs
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Harking back to Series 1 episode 1 (a whole year ago!) we return to the tyrannosaurs, but having devoted a whole hour to T. rex then it seemed appropr...
S04 Trailer - Series starts Wednesday June 2nd
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Series 4 will be starting on Wednesday June 2nd. You can also catch us going live on our 1 year anniversary at 8PM GMT on Iszitube on youtube and our ...
S03E09 BONUS Chlolophyller
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many groups of Mesozoic plants are still around today so the landscapes in which the dinosaurs lived would have looked at least vaguely familiar to an...
S03E08 Your Dinosaur Questions Answered!
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How stiff were dinosaur tails? If you could find a complete skeleton of any dinosaur species, which would it be? Why are were dinosaurs so big if big ...
S03E07 Dinosaur Evolutionary Relationships
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from last week's look at how dinosaurs get named, in this (Patreon picked) episode Iszi and Dave turn to the issue of dinosaur relationsh...
S03E06 Dinosaur Species and Taxonomy
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a look at the actual identification of dinosaurs. What makes a species a species and how does this apply to fossils that are a...
S03E05 Dinosaur Films
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have an extended interview and discussion with David Krentz on the public perception of dinosaurs and especially in film. David is a pala...
S03E04 Jurassic Park
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be honest, we've done quite well to have held off until half way through the third series before tackling this one, but there's been a Brachiosa...