I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

We got to chat with Dr. Brandon Peecook, the Meeker Postdoctoral Fellow at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. His research includes the earliest known relatives of dinosaurs. He's been on expeditions in Africa, Antarctica, and all around the U.S., and in 2015, he published the first account of a dinosaur in Washington state. Follow him on Twitter  @_gondwannabe_ . In the new...

In the news: Arkansaurus fridayi is officially a new dinosaur; Baurusuchids weren't outcompeting theropods in Brazil as previously thought; Two birds from the early Cretaceous may have flown via a combination of flapping and "ballistic phases"; Early birds may have been too heavy to incubate their eggs; Singapore may have dinosaur fossils; An unidentified theropod skeleton will be auctioned in the...

We got to chat with Brittney Stoneburg, the marketing and events specialist at Western Science Center and co-founder of Cosplay for Science. We discuss the existing and upcoming dinosaur exhibits at the  Western Science Center  and lots of other topics. You can follow her on Twitter  @brittandbone and on Instagram . In the news: A rare baby bird smaller than 2 postage...

In the news: New ankylosaur described from China named Jinyunpelta sinensis is the earliest ankylosaur with a well-developed tail club—100 million years old; A "nestling-sized" Edmontosaurus was found in Montana representing the smallest Edmontosaurs found to date; Fossils from New Jersey may turn out to be a tyrannosauroid braincase and leg; a new video of Claire Dearing from Juras...

We got to chat with  Sabre Moore , director at Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, Montana. Since starting work at Carter County Museum, Sabre has expanded the museum, worked with other museums for outreach, and established the annual Dino Shindig. In the news: A new Archaeopteryx specimen replaces the Haarlem specimen which was recently reclassified; Researchers got birds to run to study h...

In the news: New dinosaur species from Mongolia Avimimus nemegtensis ; The first unambiguous Triassic dinosaur from Utah; new dinosaur exhibits, movies, toys, and more Dinosaur of the day Auroraceratops , a neoceratopsian whose name means "dawn horned face." This episode is brought to you in part by  TRX Dinosaurs , which makes beautiful and realistic dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and an...

We got to chat with   Shaun Keenan , a concept artist in the video game and animation industries, and the creator of the upcoming book, Dinosaurs of the Wild West In the news: New sauropod from Siberia named Sibirotitan and not Sibirosaurus like we had guessed; A new biogeographical model shows how dinosaurs moved and evolved;  Utahraptor is one step closer to being Utah's offi...

In the news: A new way to date dinosaur bones; The Chicxulub impact may have caused a huge magma outflow; Dinosaur and other animal footprints were found near NASA's Goddard Space Flight center; Arizona may have a state dinosaur soon; New information about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; new dinosaur finds, attractions, and much more Dinosaur of the day  Glacialisaurus , a sauropodomorph...

We got to chat with Dr. Alexander Hastings, @Dr_CrocoGator , who researched dinosaurs in comic books and who works as the assistant curator of paleontology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History .  In the news: A new Egyptian titanosaur Mansourasaurus fills in a huge gap in our knowledge; Jurassic World is getting a live arena show; The iconic Flintstone house in Hillsboroug...

In the news: New Jurassic dinosaur, Caihong juji , with iridescent "rainbow" feathers found; researchers discover a unique type of air-sac-bone; a new taphonomy study on Edmontosaurus supports herd behavior; and much more Dinosaur of the day Minmi , a relatively small Australian ankylosaur This episode is brought to you in part by  TRX Dinosaurs , which makes beautiful and realistic dino...

We got to chat with Dr. Andrew Farke and Gabriel-Philip Santos, from the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology . In the news: Theropod tracks on the roof of a cave in France, sauropod tracks on a cliff in China, and both theropod and sauropod tracks in a quarry in Arkansas; new dinosaur exhibits; McDonald's got in trouble for an anti-dinosaur-museum ad; and more Dinosaur of the day ...

In the news: The first new dinosaur of the year was named  Diluvicursor ; A new study explains how oviraptorids ate; Researchers release a 3D model of  Massospondylus  for anyone to print; Details on the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference; Several museums are holding events; and much more Dinosaur of the day Nasutoceratops,  a ceratopsian with...

In our 163rd episode, we got to chat with Dr. Dave Hone. He is a lecturer in Zoology at Queen Mary University of London, and he has a blog called Archosaur Musings ; He also recently co-authored a review of Spinosaurs In the news: A dinosaur feather was found in amber with a tick that likely ate dinosaur blood; Some dinosaurs were probably fluffier than previously thought; New tyran...

Two amazing ankylosaurs; a remarkably complete titanosaur; evil swan-dinosaurs; dinosaurs eating bones, wood, crustaceans, and turtles? While getting eaten by giant pterosaurs and enormous frogs; Another dinosaur found in amber; New books, games, movies, videos, tracks, and much more happened in 2017. Here are all the highlights! Dinosaur of the day Dracoraptor , the early Jurassic "dragon th...

In our 161st episode, we talk with paleoartist Mark Hallett and Dr. Mathew J. Wedel, the creators of the book,  The Sauropod Dinosaurs: Life in the Age of Giants , published in 2016 by Johns Hopkins University Press. In the news: New troodontid dinosaur from Mongolia  Almas ukhaa , a 10-year-old is trying to change Utah's state fossil from Allosaurus to Utahraptor , museums around t...

Two amazing ankylosaurs; a remarkably complete titanosaur; evil swan-dinosaurs; dinosaurs eating bones, wood, crustaceans, and turtles? While getting eaten by giant pterosaurs and enormous frogs; Another dinosaur found in amber; New books, games, movies, videos, tracks, and much more happened in 2017. Here are all the highlights! Dinosaur of the day Dracoraptor , the early Jurassic "dragon th...

In our 159th episode, we talk with Dr. Jordan Mallon, a dinosaur specialist at the Canadian Museum of Nature . He got our attention at SVP with a poster about the riddle of upside down ankylosaurs. You can follow him on Twitter @Jordan_Mallon. In the news: Jurrasic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer was released; The Haarlem Archaeopteryx has been re-described as its own genus— Ostromia...

In the news: Three new dinosaurs were described, the Argentinian theropod  Pandoravenator fernandezorum , the Nigerian ornithomimosaur Afromimus tenerensis , and the Chinese titanosaur  Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis ; A new Evo-Devo study recreates proto-feathers from chicken genes; A new debate on Ornithoscelida; New Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom footage; and much more Din...

In our 157th episode, we got to chat with Dr. Michael Habib. He is a paleontologist and biomechanist , who studies prehistoric animals and how they moved. He's known for his work on pterosaurs, feathered dinosaurs, and the origin of flight in birds. Follow him on Twitter @aeroevo. In the news: The new, nearly complete, sauropod  Mierasaurus was found in Utah;  T. rex claws were prob...

In the news: A new trackway from Mongolia with a Gallimimus foot underneath; "Megatheropod" tracks found in Southern Africa from the Early Jurassic for the first time; A new summary of Ankylosaurus features estimates it at 8m (26ft) long and the largest individual weighed up to 8 tons; Update on Ornithoscelida; New dinosaur exhibits, posters, games, videos, clothes, and more Dinosaur of...

In our 155th episode, we got to chat with Dr. Matthew Lamanna, assistant curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History  about field research in Antarctica and the mesozoic evolution of birds. You can learn more about his work at Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project, at  antarcticdinos.org . In the news: New dinosaur  Matherodon provincialis was found with large sci...

In the news: 3 new dinosaurs! The remarkably complete  Choconsaurus  titanosaur and less complete coelophysoid Powellvenator were described from Argentina; a new Alvereszaurid was found in Uzbekistan; Updates on T. rex speed estimates; Long lost footage of Gertie the dinosaur is being reconstructed; dinosaurs in golf courses, weddings, TV shows, parades and more Dinosaur of the day&...

In our 153rd episode, we got to chat with Cary Woodruff ( @DoubleBeam ), director of paleontology at Great Plains Dinosaur Museum in Malta, Montana, and PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. Cary is an expert in sauropods, and is the author of a new paper about deciphering diplodocid growth In the news: First dinosaur named in the Czech Republic; A new type of dinosaur egg found in a fo...

In the news: A new hadrosaur, Laiyangosaurus youngi , was named in China; New details on the abelisaurid from Argentina, Viavenator exxoni;  Sauropods spread nutrients around the world with their poop; A new Teratophoneus specimen was airlifted  to a museum; and more Dinosaur of the day  Plateosaurus , a basal sauropodomorph with more than 100 skeletons found This epi...

In our 151st episode, we got to chat with Keegan Kuhn, owner of TRX Dinosaurs , which makes beautiful and realistic dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and exhibits. You can see some amazing examples and works in progress on Instagram @trxdinosaurs . In the news: Dinosaur tracks found nearly 2 miles above sea level in the Alps; new chicken-like dinosaur found in China; a study shows the evolution of din...