Tetrapod Zoology Podcast - Tetrapod Zoology

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 21: Is Darren Dumb, or are Caecilians Stupid? In this highly untelligent episode, John and Darren discuss MC Hammer ( Extinction Time ), the intelligence of amphibians, the stupidest tetrapod, the stupidest movie (Walking With Dinosaurs), and also, less fitting with the theme, mosasaurs. Download here .

John Conway & Darren Naish Episode 20: Locked in TetZoo Towers! In this all-singing, all question-answering episode, Darren and John discuss baby-saving birds ( p hotos ), the sociability of varanids, whether other tetrapods could have evolved to fill our niche, whether four limbs make you a tetrapod, and, of course, the most flammable tetrapods. Also, the new Godzilla trailer, why Darren is locke...

John Conway & Darren Naish Episode 19: Sillysaurus Answers your Cash for Questions! 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 ground sloths in the Old World and woolly rhinos in the new, the taxonomic status of Pristichampsus, predatory mimicry, and the new big sillysaurid. A big thank you...

John Conway & Darren Naish Episode 18: At Least We Remembered Our Birthday Tetrapodcats turns one today! Darren and John largely fail to remember anything about the year of podcatsing past, instead relentlessly chase down tangent after tangent. The sad case of the axolotl leads to a long tangent on conservation, and a bunch of other things which are difficult to recall right now. Our Cas...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 17: Questions of Fuzz, Death, and Tuskses 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 Questions!, which include why female asian elephants lack tusks, why mammals did so well after the K/Pg extinction, and what the deal is with archosaur integument. The questions...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 16: The Dividulation of Smaug Darren and John fail to introduce Episode 16, in which they discuss conjoined whales, ramble in an uninformed way about genetic chimera, and discuss whether new tapirs are interesting (Darren says YES). Also Bigfoot ( again ) the Minnesota Ice Man, and much discussion of the work of  Weta , the workshop behind the creatures in...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 15: Cryptozoologicon Special, Volume I 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, Cryptozoologicon.  Also, Notoungulates, and other listener requests. Download here .

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 14: Will Never be as Good as Episode 13 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 them?), the Hook Island Monster , listener questions, and more on Cryptozoologicon  - (i f you live in the London area, come to the launch - book tickets here ) . Downlo...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 12: The Tale of Microraptor and the Tail of Jeholornis Darren and John knowledgeably discuss the aerodynamics of Microraptor , the new tail of Jeholornis , a little about crocodyliform crocodylomorphs, and Eoraptor . The film this week is Dudzilla, which John excitingly vaguely recalls wasn't all that bad - Darren disagrees. Download here .  

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 11: It's Fun to Stay at the SV-P-C-A Darren and John discuss John's excuse for being late to the podcast, talks at the SVPCA (Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy), fossil collecting, and many listener questions. Download here . 

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 10: On the Silliness of Monsters from the Deep 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 Tet Zoo Guide to Pacific Rim . Download here .  

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 9: Tetrapodcats and the Life Aquatic Darren and John discuss Night Parrots, mesosaurs and aquatic tetrapods, then John rants about Pacific Rim (despite not having seen it!) for what seems like days. Darren disagrees. All the nuclear tests from 1945 to 1998, in one terrifying movie . Download here . 

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 8: Birds and Underwear on the Outside In this, the shortest ever Tetrapodcat, Darren watches birds while John mulls over the state of underwear in superheroes. We talk about bird behaviour, bird gut evolution, and Superman, a film neither of us has actually seen. Also, annoying hints at our top secret book. Links:   Mark Witton's " What Daleks, xenomorphs...

John Conway And Darren Naish Episode 7: Monster Tetrapodcats 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 and the worst of Rios, cryptozoology, cartoons, and Cloverfield. Why you should ignore Dave Peters ReptileEvolution.com. The charming snake handler Raymond Hoser " training " young women in...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 6: Rookies in Colour ​Darren and John discuss Rooks , Avatar (again), and colouration in animals - which turns out to be a bit of a mystery. Download it here .

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 5: You Sexy Thing Darren and John discuss sexual selection in dinosaurs , the morality of The Thing and the perpetual debate on what is canon .  Live Twitter (hashtag #tetrapodcats, typo deliberate) questions include a very serious question from Mark Witton and invasive species during the Cretaceous. Thanks to all those who donated, and put the podcast in...

John Conway and Darren Naish Episode 4: Tetrapodcats Jurassic Snark ​In this shambolic episode Darren and John do a little Bigfoot followup, and then ramble on about movies. Surprisingly, there's some good podcastin' on Jurassic Park in here, as Darren picks it apart, piece by tiny piece. Also a live listener question on Alien . ​Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero's  Abominable Science!: Origi...

John Conway & Darren Naish Episode 3: Featuring the Features of Bigfoot's Feet After a long delay for illness, a silly delay in post-production, and another delay for top secret reasons, the Tetrapod Zoology Podcast Bigfoot Special is finally here. To make up for it being so late, it's a whopper. Links: A complete list of Matt Crowley's research into Bigfoot evidence, including his experimental ri...

John Conway and Darren Naish A Murderous Tit's Got Your Tube-nose Jesus In this viol ence-filled episode, Darren and John discuss crocodiles attacking elephants , murderous tits ,  tubenosed seabirds , listener question Andrewsarchus vs. Arctodus , and finally manage to talk about the same version of Little Shop of Horrors .

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