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My wife gives money to a cancer charity. She gets literature of some sort for doing this, and here's the front cover of the Christmas booklet she recently received. Why, as a Tet Zoo nerd, do I find it so funny?

Some argue zoos are safe, controlled environments where the public can view and learn about wild animals. Others insist zoos are inhumane bastions for the animals they house. Who is right? 

Earlier this year the awesome new ornithocheiroid pterosaur Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Lü, 2010 was described from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. It has pretty incredible teeth, as well as a very interesting premaxillary crest...

From what color they were to how fast a T rex walks, here are 14 things we learned about dinosaurs from recent studies.

Meraxes gigas is the third type of huge, carnivorous dinosaur found with very small arms, suggesting that the feature serves some purpose.

Meraxes gigas is the third type of huge, carnivorous dinosaur found with very small arms, suggesting that the feature serves some purpose.

Darren is away. Back soon. Here are sneak-peeks... The amazing freaky beast that's getting all the attention, that everyone gawps at in amazement (drumroll)...

Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here.

With each new find, such as the dinosaur leg recently unearthed in North Dakota, scientists build a more colourful picture of the ancient reptiles, says senior lecturer Dave Hone

During the June and July of 2010 I and a host of friends and colleagues based at, or affiliated with, the University of Portsmouth attended the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. As you'll know if you saw the articles and pictures I posted here at Tet Zoo, our research group set up and displayed the extremely popular Dragons of the Air exhibition.