Dr Dave Hone
@davehone.bsky.social
Palaeontologist specialising in the behaviour of dinosaurs and biology of pterosaurs. Reader in Zoology @QMUL. Author of several books, podcaster, general sci-commer. Thoughts my own. He / him. davehone.co.uk
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Finally, North America gets some spinosaurs!
OK, OK: North America finally gets _Spinosaur Tales_, by @davehone.bsky.social and me, from today. It's been out in the UK since Nov. and reviews have been v. positive. All your usual book vendors will stock it.
Info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spinosaur...
OK, OK: North America finally gets _Spinosaur Tales_, by @davehone.bsky.social and me, from today. It's been out in the UK since Nov. and reviews have been v. positive. All your usual book vendors will stock it.
Info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spinosaur...
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Finally, North America gets some spinosaurs!
OK, OK: North America finally gets _Spinosaur Tales_, by @davehone.bsky.social and me, from today. It's been out in the UK since Nov. and reviews have been v. positive. All your usual book vendors will stock it.
Info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spinosaur...
OK, OK: North America finally gets _Spinosaur Tales_, by @davehone.bsky.social and me, from today. It's been out in the UK since Nov. and reviews have been v. positive. All your usual book vendors will stock it.
Info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spinosaur...
Spinosaur Tales with @markwitton.bsky.social is out now in North America. It's been getting top reviews already from readers, so if you like your giant, weird, controversial, carnivorous #dinosaurs and spectacular palaeoart, then check it out!
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Spinosaur Tales with @markwitton.bsky.social is out now in North America. It's been getting top reviews already from readers, so if you like your giant, weird, controversial, carnivorous #dinosaurs and spectacular palaeoart, then check it out!
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
I've done another collaboration with Dino and Dog and this time Nikola has sculpted Skiphosoura, the interesting transitional pterosaurs that I helped name in 2024. It's another lovely (and free!) model, so if you want to 3D print a copy for yourself you can.
www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
3D Printable Skiphosoura flying 1-12 scale pre-supported pterosaur FREE
by Dino and Dog
FREE sample model of Dino and Dog tribe!Dr Dave Hone about the Skiphosourahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslVxrDR1-8
Professionally pre-supported STL files by Atlas 3d support solutions are included...
www.myminifactory.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I've done another collaboration with Dino and Dog and this time Nikola has sculpted Skiphosoura, the interesting transitional pterosaurs that I helped name in 2024. It's another lovely (and free!) model, so if you want to 3D print a copy for yourself you can.
www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
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This is your regularly scheduled reminder that I am sharing 5-10 job ads a day on my LinkedIn, broadly across marine biology, conservation policy, and science communication. Want to see them? Connect with me over there. 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that I am sharing 5-10 job ads a day on my LinkedIn, broadly across marine biology, conservation policy, and science communication. Want to see them? Connect with me over there. 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
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I've known Richard since the 1990s and he was a mentor, advisor and friend to many of us. He did a massive amount to build collabs, help in excavations and pass on advice and enthusiasm. He was a warm and welcoming person who promoted inclusion, collaboration and the role of amateurs in science.
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I've known Richard since the 1990s and he was a mentor, advisor and friend to many of us. He did a massive amount to build collabs, help in excavations and pass on advice and enthusiasm. He was a warm and welcoming person who promoted inclusion, collaboration and the role of amateurs in science.
Last year I published a chapter with @richardfallon.bsky.social comparing Conan Doyle's Lost World with Crichton's Jurassic Park and the parallels between the two.
Yesterday we were awarded 'Doylean Honors' from the Arthur Conan Doyle Society for our scholarship. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
Yesterday we were awarded 'Doylean Honors' from the Arthur Conan Doyle Society for our scholarship. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
Palaeontology in Public
Since the establishment of concepts of deep time in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, palaeontology has been one of the most high-profile sciences. Dinosaurs, mammoths, human ancesto...
uclpress.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Last year I published a chapter with @richardfallon.bsky.social comparing Conan Doyle's Lost World with Crichton's Jurassic Park and the parallels between the two.
Yesterday we were awarded 'Doylean Honors' from the Arthur Conan Doyle Society for our scholarship. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
Yesterday we were awarded 'Doylean Honors' from the Arthur Conan Doyle Society for our scholarship. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
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The Envelopes Please ... for the Fifth Annual Doylean Honors!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The Envelopes Please ... for the Fifth Annual Doylean Honors!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
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Introducing #terriblelizards #dinosaur bites: shorter extracts from
Our archives this episode is all about #spinosaurs @davehone.bsky.social youtu.be/z-kwV-Mnj-c
Our archives this episode is all about #spinosaurs @davehone.bsky.social youtu.be/z-kwV-Mnj-c
Spinosaur Bites
YouTube video by iszitube
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January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Introducing #terriblelizards #dinosaur bites: shorter extracts from
Our archives this episode is all about #spinosaurs @davehone.bsky.social youtu.be/z-kwV-Mnj-c
Our archives this episode is all about #spinosaurs @davehone.bsky.social youtu.be/z-kwV-Mnj-c
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Avian cranial evolution is influenced by shape interactions between hard and soft tissue traits #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution @knapprew.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Avian cranial evolution is influenced by shape interactions between hard and soft tissue traits #ProcB #OpenAccess #Evolution @knapprew.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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My Review on Spinosaur Tales (10/10)!
This new dinosaur book by @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social is the best one about Spinosaurus and its relatives to date for sure!
I highly recommend it to any dinosaur enthusiast, or spinosaur enthusiast.
This new dinosaur book by @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social is the best one about Spinosaurus and its relatives to date for sure!
I highly recommend it to any dinosaur enthusiast, or spinosaur enthusiast.
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My Review on Spinosaur Tales (10/10)!
This new dinosaur book by @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social is the best one about Spinosaurus and its relatives to date for sure!
I highly recommend it to any dinosaur enthusiast, or spinosaur enthusiast.
This new dinosaur book by @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social is the best one about Spinosaurus and its relatives to date for sure!
I highly recommend it to any dinosaur enthusiast, or spinosaur enthusiast.
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in hindsight, this one was a little too birder-specific to make it into the New Yorker
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
in hindsight, this one was a little too birder-specific to make it into the New Yorker
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Yeah, another biologist here. This is not what I think or any biologist that I know thinks. Very much a trans-supporting community of scientists.
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
And that’s a follow.
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yeah, another biologist here. This is not what I think or any biologist that I know thinks. Very much a trans-supporting community of scientists.
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a transitional pterosaur differing from Propterodactylus
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best regards to @davehone.bsky.social and the Lauer Foundation
palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs...
open.spotify.com/episode/0TUj...
best regards to @davehone.bsky.social and the Lauer Foundation
palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs...
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
a transitional pterosaur differing from Propterodactylus
open.spotify.com/episode/0TUj...
best regards to @davehone.bsky.social and the Lauer Foundation
palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs...
open.spotify.com/episode/0TUj...
best regards to @davehone.bsky.social and the Lauer Foundation
palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs...
Dear TV commissioners / producers / directors. There are actually presenters out there other than Paddy McGuinness. Many of them are actually talented and likeable too.
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dear TV commissioners / producers / directors. There are actually presenters out there other than Paddy McGuinness. Many of them are actually talented and likeable too.
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And finally got it! Both @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social had previously published great divulgative work on tyrannosaurs, and this joint effort on a far less well sampled clade delivers as expected: informative yet witty, and with detailed diagrams and superb artwork. A must.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And finally got it! Both @davehone.bsky.social and @markwitton.bsky.social had previously published great divulgative work on tyrannosaurs, and this joint effort on a far less well sampled clade delivers as expected: informative yet witty, and with detailed diagrams and superb artwork. A must.
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circus marketing
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
circus marketing
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Hark! @davehone.bsky.social and I have been interviewed about spinosaurs for the Instant Genius podcast, created by BBC Science Focus. If you need a listen for your commute home, we may not be your worst option.
#dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
#dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
The real story behind Jurassic Park’s most controversial dinosaur
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December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hark! @davehone.bsky.social and I have been interviewed about spinosaurs for the Instant Genius podcast, created by BBC Science Focus. If you need a listen for your commute home, we may not be your worst option.
#dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
#dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
Here's a nice 30 mins on #Spinosaurus that I recorded with @markwitton.bsky.social for the BBC Instant Genius Podcast.
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
(Note it has a ton of ads at the start, talking begins after 3 minutes)
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
(Note it has a ton of ads at the start, talking begins after 3 minutes)
The real story behind Jurassic Park’s most controversial dinosaur
open.spotify.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Here's a nice 30 mins on #Spinosaurus that I recorded with @markwitton.bsky.social for the BBC Instant Genius Podcast.
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
(Note it has a ton of ads at the start, talking begins after 3 minutes)
open.spotify.com/episode/7hWf...
(Note it has a ton of ads at the start, talking begins after 3 minutes)
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📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Unsolicited email about Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior. "I always liked your books and this one is no exception. In all honesty, they've influenced my way of thinking a lot. I mean it when I say your books made me a better scientist and I highly recommend them to students that are new in the field."
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Unsolicited email about Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior. "I always liked your books and this one is no exception. In all honesty, they've influenced my way of thinking a lot. I mean it when I say your books made me a better scientist and I highly recommend them to students that are new in the field."
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I'm terrible at self-marketing but I will say that if you want to buy prints, today is a pretty good day to do it. Also if there's something you want a print of that I haven't uploaded yet, let me know (I'm very behind on updating!)
#SciArt #BirdArt #bskynightmarket
www.inprnt.com/gallery/tiny...
#SciArt #BirdArt #bskynightmarket
www.inprnt.com/gallery/tiny...
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm terrible at self-marketing but I will say that if you want to buy prints, today is a pretty good day to do it. Also if there's something you want a print of that I haven't uploaded yet, let me know (I'm very behind on updating!)
#SciArt #BirdArt #bskynightmarket
www.inprnt.com/gallery/tiny...
#SciArt #BirdArt #bskynightmarket
www.inprnt.com/gallery/tiny...