Tetrapod Zoology Podcast - Tetrapod Zoology

Episode 95: It's Been Haulong?

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 A year and a half of of catchup! TetZooCon regenerates into DinoCon, 20 years of TetZoo, Haolong, Spinosaurus (URG!) , and much more meandering ...

Episode 94: Live at TetZooCon

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded LIVE at TetZooCon 2024. The audience laughter is real!

Episode 93: Darren Naish Presents "Badgerman vs Dogman"

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this long awaited episode, TetZooCon, and dogmen, dogmen, dogmen, and… badgerman.

Episode 92: Mosasaurs, Mosasauroids, Mosasaurids, Mosasaurines

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bumper episode, Darren has lots of news from the world of Darren (but sadly no fat-bottomed rodents), TetZooCon, and Mosasaurs!

Episode 91: Marine Reptiles Episode VI, The Return of the Weirdos

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our long-awaited second episode on Mesozoic marine reptiles — the saga continues with Triassic Weirdos, which is a term you shouldn’t use.Also wit...

Episode 90: Special Secret Surprise

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Listen for great secret surprise!

Episode 89: Marine Reptiles Episode V, The Crocs Strike Back

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Crocs, crocodiles, crocodyles, crocodylomorphs, crocodylomorphoformes,and non-crocodylilian crocodylomorphoformes!

Episode 88: Marine Reptiles Episode IV, No Hope

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

… of getting through all the Mesozoic marine reptiles in less than an hour. Tune in to the next episode for the thrilling conclusion… possibly.

Episode 87: Frogs!

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode: frogs. And for those who don’t like frogs: frogs.

Episode 86: Scythe Isn't Everything

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, spinosaur brains, ankylosaur throats, and scythes or reapers or claws or something.

Episode 85: Big Small Cats

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcats, we talk about wild cats, specifically big cats and small big cats in urban and suburban areas.

Episode 84: The Resurrection

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John return! … to discuss the books Mesozoic Art, A History of Painting (With Dinosaurs) and bringing back the Dodo.

Episode 83: Fossil Podcats

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recent excavations in the vicinity of John’s hard disk have yielded a fossilised podcast from the Late 2021 period. Enjoy the retro stylings!

Episode 82: Totally a New Whale

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, fossils of the Kimmeridge clay, naughty fossils from Brazil, Ubirajara, Darren's new book, Dinopedia. Cladistics (sigh), domed-headed...

Episode 81: Seeing Thylacines in the Thylacine Seeing Scene

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this rapid-fire episode, TetZoom Con, Alien Worlds, John's 3Dish T. rex heads and the state of their lips, a discussion on eyes and taphonomy,...

Episode 80: Achievable Evolutionary Goals

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the eight-oh, FU on Romancing the Stone and Carnotaurus, John's art, Greg Paul again, and Alien Worlds. And for the main event: the Scansoriopteryg...

Episode 79: Abelisaurine Abelisaurid Abelisaur

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this triple-A episode, abelisaurians, including Carnotaurus, and long discussion on soft tissue preservation. We also discuss the topic of a book D...

Episode 78: Romancing the Past and Present

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Alan Feduccia’s “Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs: Forays in Postmodern Paleontology“ (no, we don’t get the title either), p...

Episode 77: There are Not Enough Sauropod Dinosaurs

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, FU from our listeners, also, news from world of Darren and John: 'how to be a science writer', Goldenose, Darren’s ZSL talk, SuperD...

The PodCats Transcript Project, Episode 1

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For years we’ve been threatening to release transcripts of the podcast episodes. Today, that project reaches the start of what might be seen as ...

Episode 76: Shiny and Stinky

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this almost brand-new episode: News from the World of News, Asteriornis the wonderchicken, Dineobellator the velociraptorine, and a stem-anthropoid...

Episode 75: From the Palaeolithic (AKA 2019)

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Enter the Time Machine to a time when Darren and John discuss topics from, like a billion years ago in News From the World of News. Topics include Nes...

Episode 74: Fat-bottomed Rodents

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back! In our stunning return, in which we clearly still know how to podcast good and do other stuff good too, we discuss The Summer of The Gul...

Episode 73: Green Eggs and Eggs

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 73, some news about tyrannosaurs (YAWN) and then eggses and eggses and eggses. I hope you like eggs.

Episode 72: Loch Ness Monster Special

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A very special episode, dedicated to everyone’s favourite living plesiosaur, Nessie.

Episode 71: New New New!

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

NEWs from world of news: pterosaur 'feathers', Sobrarbesiren, scavenging snowshoe hares, and whatever happened to the Kabomani tapir?NEWs from the wor...

Episode 70: Back in the House

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this zombie episode from September: the formidability of cape buffalo, plesiosaur necks, and the domesticability of dinosaurs.

Episode 69: The SpecZoo Podcats

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this less farty episode, FU, white-eyes (again) and Jinfengopteryx. News World o' News: Junzi the gibbon, Chinese hominins at 2.2 Ma...

Episode 68: Yes it Farts

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have a new enemy, the SquaMates Podcast. News from Darren and John: John's new superhero/Pokemon crossover fanart, BTCon2018, the Eotyrannus m...

Episode 67: Stupid Successful Frog

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this ramshackle episode, FU: how to pronounce generic names for cheetahs. News from World of Darren and John: Darren needs to leave SciAm...

Episode 66: Giant Man-Babies

12 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, FU on white-eyes, liberal left and anti-vaxxers, CTO not TCO or was the TCO not CTO? News from the World of "Science and Bo...

Episode 65: The Glands of Time

24 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, John finds his mute switch, News from World of News: giant Rhaetian ichthyosaurs, Dracula pterosaur, Art Bell, and the final (ma...

Episode 64: Reverse the Polarity of the DNA Refraction!

04 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Darren meta-review and actual review of God's Word or Human Reason, News from World of News: Occultonectia and polycotylids, sea...

Episode 63: No Bigger than a Cane Toad

22 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, FU listeners! with glowbones, enantiornithine, Beelzebufo, pterosaurs. Also NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF NEWS Chendytes, Penkalski ankylosa...

Episode 62: Back and Bigger than a Brontosaurus

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The podcats is back for reals, and bigger than ever. In this episode fluorescence in chameleons,  bite force in frogs, Neanderthal cave art, and ...

Episode 61: The Ghost of Podcats Past

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 61, which has laid dormant for eight months, is here! I don't remember what's in it. Enjoy!

Episode 60: A Question Catalysm

12 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this Cash for Questions!-filled episode, cats, dogs, toads, wolverines, hominids, caseids, tortoises, stupid ratites, nasty honey badgers, and...

Episode 59: The Arrival of Ornithoscelida Face

02 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this shamefully delayed, but convincingly long episode: Ornithoscelida, the faces of Tyrannosaurs, and quite the rant on Arrival:Darren: ★★...

Episode 58: The Spankian Stage

13 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the brand-spankin' new episode, Darren and John let chaos reign while still trying to say some stuff. Cash for Questions! includes vampires big and...

Episode 57: Is This Paper Big Enough?

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

An episode so short, we hardly say anything.

Episode 56: Rogue Eyes

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The much-anticipated Episode 56 is here. Darren and John discuss the the dinosaur controv-ersy or contra-versy (it controversial) of dinosaur soft tis...

Episode 55: The Remake

03 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

For the third time... no, I can't be bothered. News from the World of News, Cash for Questions! etc.Download here.

Episode 54: War of the Animals

19 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this thrilling episode, Darren and John discuss, unsurprising phylogenetic studies, why birds won't get in the water and frogs won't get out, the p...

Episode 53: Hunting Cultural Monsters

21 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Darren and John discuss Darren's new book, Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths. Lots of of discussi...

Episode 52: Not a Prosauropod

05 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this long-awaired episode, remedies for epidemics, the mystery of Eshanosaurus, and xenarthran origins. Probably other things too, but we've r...

Episode 51: The Reboot Reawakens

22 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, tool use in not-avian dinosaurs, tetrapods riding tetrapods, and Darren and John give career advice* (yes, really). Then, discussion ...

Episode 50: Special Edition

28 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special episode of the The Tetrapood Zoology Procarts, big cat books, plesiosaur papers, and Cash for Questions! on Amargasaurus spines, ...

Episode 49: Cowboys vs Tetrapodcats

18 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Darren and John get progressively less serious. Starting White Nose Syndrome in bats and the history of such events, giant herbi...

Episode 48: Not Ground Birds Anymore

10 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this much delayed episode, the value of hybridisation in conservation, the proportions of large pterosaurs, evolving flight from gliding animals, a...

Episode 47: Breading a Machairodont

08 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, many Cash for Questions!: the advantage of sabre teeth, our favourite speculative worlds, the latest fads among deer, flightless pter...

Episode 46: Large and Lissamphibious

14 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this question-tastic episode, Darren and John are back with amphibians (or lissamphibians?), the birthing habits of metriorhynchids, melanosomes in...

Episode 45: Extinction Time

22 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this extinction-filled episode, Nanotyrannus, Schmanotyrannus, the frog problem, the survival of non-avian dinosaurs past the M/C extinction t...

Episode 44: Jurassic World Special

19 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

John and Darren discuss Jurassic World. Spoilers! It's no good.Darren: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆John: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆Dow...

Episode 43: Independent Blob Dog

03 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this late episode, Darren and John discuss the Romanian find of century, dinosaur premaxillary genetics, and Yee chee, or Yee kwee, or something. A...

Episode 42: Chaos Reigns

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this crazy mixed up episode Darren leaves out all the juicy bits from his trip to Romania,  pterosaurs landing, domesticated horses in su...

Episode 41: Forward-Staring Goats

26 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Brace yourselves listeners, as we MOVE THE SEGMENTS AROUND. First up is Cash for Questions! with the gait of synapsids, the homology of scales, and&nb...

Episode 40: Darren Heard an Owl, John Saw a Dog in a Jumper, but No One has Seen a Monkey Playing a Banjo

04 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the big four-oh, and FU is a complete mess: Red Letter Media guy, Rio 2, How Big is Texas (bigger or smaller than France !), Spotted owlet...

Episode 39: #Batfacts #Podcats

10 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this #batfacts episode, FU Darren, Rio stars a cockatoo, more  #Batfacts and other #hashtags: #BuildaBetterFakeTheropod and #TetZooN...

Episode 38: A Not Too Shabby Podcarts

22 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this not to shabby episode, FU on Planet of the Apes, Darren talks to school kids, Scholarly Research of the Anomalous Conference, FROGS,...

Episode 37: Dawn of the Planet of the Non-Homo sapiens Apes

09 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this Best Dinosaur episode, FU includes cassowaries, ‘Labrodon’, liberal Hollywood, and gull feet. News from Darren & John includes Darren ...

Episode 36: The Fifth Dimension is LURVE

04 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this time-dilated episode, FU on hyenas, new in cassowaries, seals vs porpoises, Alanqa jaws, and giant Chinese nothosaurs. Cas...

Episode 35: Even the least doggy of dogs look like doggy-dogs

19 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this shockingly normal-length episode, we have more FU on freediving, how to Patreonise Darren, Archelosauria, Vintana the gond...

Episode 34: What the Hell?

11 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this thrilling and unbelievably long episode, FU dumbass Darren! Lungs & diving, Star Wars screwup again, re-wilding & ecotourism, and a pl...

Episode 33: Uncle Darren Loves Animals

21 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

John and Darren launch into followup, which is mostly about how big legs are or aren't. News of the world of Darren and John and also News include our...

Episode 32: Waddling with Spinosaurs

27 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

So, I'm uploading this from an internet cafe in Malta, so I can't listen, and I can't for the life of me remember what's in this episode. Safe bet: so...

Episode 31: Oh Noah, not Rodent Teeth!

13 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

After a month long hiatus, Darren and John return, with this overlong, self-important, dull and portentous episode. News from the World of News includ...

Episode 30: Live in the pub, wobbles, falls over

20 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Live Google Hangouts are hard. Too hard for us. After the technical collapse of the Google Hangout, we decided to record locally and put up what we ha...

Prelude to the live Episode 30

14 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In a few hours, we will be recording Episode 30 of the podcats in The Old Ship, W6. You can watch the proceeding in a live Goole Hangout here.We will ...

Episode 29: Superheroes Hate Genetics

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 29 includes, are new tapirs really new?, a TetZooCon round up, a quick discussion of and many a cash for question. Questions include the usefu...

Episode 28: Sideways Nipply-Things

03 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John cover some followup, including the usual unbelievably stupid mistakes Darren makes about little ratty things, and John's bungling at T...

Episode 27: Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla!

16 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John discuss a Sussex big cat, the eating of a great white shark, punching in the face, Deinocheirus, and the Angeac dinosaur. Su...

Episode 26: Only a Swingin' Cat would try a Muppet Rap

29 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 26 is here, beamed direct from TetZoo Tech to your brain. Tetrapodcats Dr. Darren and JC.co lay down some News from the World of News, with ta...

Episode 25: Mysterious Mammals

15 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 25, Darren and John discuss news from the world of TetZoo, TetZooCon, Gagagon, Crash bandicoot (if that is its real name), the ne...

Episode 24: If I told you to say Niche, would you Switch?

25 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this thrilling episode: John was taken in by an obvious shoop of a president on a moose, Darren's new bird paper, Alligators, plesiosaur snouts, ne...

Episode 23: Does Toxoplasma Make You Like Podcats?

10 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this endless (droning) episode, Darren and John stick to the outline. Much follow up, the intelligence of moose, many Cash for Questions!, includin...

Episode 22: Bergmann's Fool!

31 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this annoying episode, Darren speaks to us from underwater to tell us about the new tapir and theropods, and John gets annoyed with  Bergmann'...

Episode 21: Is Darren Dumb, or are Caecilians Stupid?

18 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this highly untelligent episode, John and Darren discuss MC Hammer (Extinction Time), the intelligence of amphibians, the stupidest tetrapod, the s...

Episode 20: Locked in TetZoo Towers!

03 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this all-singing, all question-answering episode, Darren and John discuss baby-saving birds (photos), the sociability of varanids, whether other te...

Episode 19: Sillysaurus Answers your Cash for Questions!

17 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John do some followup, and then move on to so many Cash for Questions!, including: why there aren't primates in North America or Europe, no...

Episode 18: At Least We Remembered Our Birthday

01 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tetrapodcats turns one today! Darren and John largely fail to remember anything about the year of podcatsing past, instead relentlessly chase down tan...

Episode 17: Questions of Fuzz, Death, and Tuskses

22 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John discuss the 8th birthday of TetZoo, fish (why?), and Darren's new paper on fossil bird behaviour before moving on to Cash for Question...

Episode 16: The Dividulation of Smaug

08 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John fail to introduce Episode 16, in which they discuss conjoined whales, ramble in an uninformed way about genetic chimera, and discuss w...

Episode 15: Cryptozoologicon Special, Volume I

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special episode of Tetrapodcats, John and Darren are joined by Memo Kosemen, co-author and artist of Cryptozoologicon to talk about, well...

Episode 14: Will Never be as Good as Episode 13

03 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Darren and John reminisce about the lost glory of Episode 13. Also, woolly rhinos, not very much on woolly horses (who cares about th...

Episode 13: The Best Episode Ever

03 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Due to technical problems, episode 13 (the best episode EVER), was lost. So much classic TetZoo podcasting that no one will ever hear.

Episode 12: The Tale of Microraptor and the Tail of Jeholornis

09 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John knowledgeably discuss the aerodynamics of Microraptor, the new tail of Jeholornis, a little about crocodyliform crocodylomorphs, ...

Episode 11: It's Fun to Stay at the SV-P-C-A

12 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John discuss John's excuse for being late to the podcast, talks at the SVPCA (Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy...

Episode 10: On the Silliness of Monsters from the Deep

26 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the big ten-oh, Darren and John discuss the Loch Ness Monster, the NHM Extinction exhibition, and then Pacific Rim (again). Also check out Darren's...

Tetrapodcats in Space

08 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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Episode 9: Tetrapodcats and the Life Aquatic

05 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John discuss Night Parrots, mesosaurs and aquatic tetrapods, then John rants about Pacific Rim (despite not having seen it!) for what seems...

Episode 8: Birds and Underwear on the Outside

26 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this, the shortest ever Tetrapodcat, Darren watches birds while John mulls over the state of underwear in superheroes. We talk about bird behaviour...

Episode 7: Monster Tetrapodcats

12 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John are joined by special guest podcat Blake Smith, sceptic of note and co-host of the Monster Talk podcast. We discuss the best of Rios a...

Episode 6: Rookies in Colour

14 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

​Darren and John discuss Rooks, Avatar (again), and colouration in animals - which turns out to be a bit of a mystery. Download it here.

Episode 5: You Sexy Thing

02 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Darren and John discuss sexual selection in dinosaurs, the morality of The Thing and the perpetual debate on what is canon. Live Twitter (hashtag...

Episode 4: Tetrapodcats Jurassic Snark

18 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

​In this shambolic episode Darren and John do a little Bigfoot followup, and then ramble on about movies. Surprisingly, there's some good podcastin'...

Episode 4 Delayed

05 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry to all those who rely on us keeping a regular schedule to set their atomic clocks by, but the 4th episode of the podcast will be delayed for a c...

Episode 3: Featuring the Features of Bigfoot's Feet

21 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

After a long delay for illness, a silly delay in post-production, and another delay for top secret reasons, the Tetrapod Zoology Podcast Bigfoot Speci...

Episode 2: A Murderous Tit's Got Your Tube-nose Jesus

17 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this violence-filled episode, Darren and John discuss crocodiles attacking elephants, murderous tits,  tubenosed seabirds, listener question A...

Episode 1: The Prequel

01 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the the very first episode of the Tetrapod Zoology Podcast, Darren and I discuss azhdarchid pterosaurs,plesiosaur phylogeny, peafowl, glassfrogs, P...