Jules Howard
@juleshoward.bsky.social
Zoology correspondent. Author. Chatty man. BBC Radio 4 / Guardian. 'Infinite Life' / 'Martian Museum of Earth Animals' and more (did i tell you about my duck genitalia VR app?).
Have often written about my feeling that urban parts of London (and all cities) have the potential to become a lifeline for amphibians (just add a pond) so I was pleased that the universe manifested this frog at the top of Wembley Way. Happy, healthy and in good health. Put a skip (hop) in my step!
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Have often written about my feeling that urban parts of London (and all cities) have the potential to become a lifeline for amphibians (just add a pond) so I was pleased that the universe manifested this frog at the top of Wembley Way. Happy, healthy and in good health. Put a skip (hop) in my step!
Porcelain mushrooms. Slimy.
October 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Porcelain mushrooms. Slimy.
MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think).
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think).
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think).
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think).
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
'Fate of Ophelia' #frogs #taylorswift
October 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
'Fate of Ophelia' #frogs #taylorswift
...oh, a first for me here in the East Midlands. Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) found on my bathroom floor...! Is this correct
@britishspiders.bsky.social?
@britishspiders.bsky.social?
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
...oh, a first for me here in the East Midlands. Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) found on my bathroom floor...! Is this correct
@britishspiders.bsky.social?
@britishspiders.bsky.social?
Oh.... Choose Your Own Evolution audiobook has been SHORTLISTED for a Speakie.. This is recorded by the excellent Glen McCready. Honestly, such a fun element of this epic @nosycrow.bsky.social project! Great shortlist. Congrats to all.
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Oh.... Choose Your Own Evolution audiobook has been SHORTLISTED for a Speakie.. This is recorded by the excellent Glen McCready. Honestly, such a fun element of this epic @nosycrow.bsky.social project! Great shortlist. Congrats to all.
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
Fell of my chair seeing this today so thought I should share.
This is a little snippet of the longer review of CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION in today's edition of The Times. (That line at the end is from the story where the reader ends up evolving into a human being).
This is a little snippet of the longer review of CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION in today's edition of The Times. (That line at the end is from the story where the reader ends up evolving into a human being).
July 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fell of my chair seeing this today so thought I should share.
This is a little snippet of the longer review of CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION in today's edition of The Times. (That line at the end is from the story where the reader ends up evolving into a human being).
This is a little snippet of the longer review of CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION in today's edition of The Times. (That line at the end is from the story where the reader ends up evolving into a human being).
People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social.
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
July 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social.
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
Over the moon to see that MEGA is on the longlist for the #WainwrightPrize, announced today. A real team effort, five years in the making.
So many great books on the list (many written by friends - hello! and also congrats! - and people I respect a great deal). Delighted to be among them.
So many great books on the list (many written by friends - hello! and also congrats! - and people I respect a great deal). Delighted to be among them.
July 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Over the moon to see that MEGA is on the longlist for the #WainwrightPrize, announced today. A real team effort, five years in the making.
So many great books on the list (many written by friends - hello! and also congrats! - and people I respect a great deal). Delighted to be among them.
So many great books on the list (many written by friends - hello! and also congrats! - and people I respect a great deal). Delighted to be among them.
Here in the East Midlands we don't really get proper stag beetles, but we get these cute chunks, the lesser stag beetles. Their grubs need wood that's been pulped up by fungi, just like more-er stag beetles. But they live for 2 years as grubs... not up to 7 years. Just a bit more sensible all round.
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here in the East Midlands we don't really get proper stag beetles, but we get these cute chunks, the lesser stag beetles. Their grubs need wood that's been pulped up by fungi, just like more-er stag beetles. But they live for 2 years as grubs... not up to 7 years. Just a bit more sensible all round.
Happy PAPERBACK publication day to this precious book/egg! (in the UK).
It’s been a really satisfying year for ‘Infinite Life’ - a Book of the Year in The Telegraph, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Geographical. I have just been so blown away by people’s responses and emails in this last year...
It’s been a really satisfying year for ‘Infinite Life’ - a Book of the Year in The Telegraph, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Geographical. I have just been so blown away by people’s responses and emails in this last year...
May 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Happy PAPERBACK publication day to this precious book/egg! (in the UK).
It’s been a really satisfying year for ‘Infinite Life’ - a Book of the Year in The Telegraph, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Geographical. I have just been so blown away by people’s responses and emails in this last year...
It’s been a really satisfying year for ‘Infinite Life’ - a Book of the Year in The Telegraph, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Geographical. I have just been so blown away by people’s responses and emails in this last year...
Oh come on. COME ON. Ozzy is too much. It's not fair on other dogs that he exists.
@weratedogs.com
@weratedogs.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh come on. COME ON. Ozzy is too much. It's not fair on other dogs that he exists.
@weratedogs.com
@weratedogs.com
Oxyporus populinus. Its spores got into the tree through the wound that you can see here. Then the mycelium did its thing and then sprouted fruits on the brow of the wound. Still learning my fungi so corrections welcome!
April 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oxyporus populinus. Its spores got into the tree through the wound that you can see here. Then the mycelium did its thing and then sprouted fruits on the brow of the wound. Still learning my fungi so corrections welcome!
SNEAK PEEK! Just to say that the paperback release of Infinite Life is coming next month (8th of May). Gorgeous, eh?
This was a Book of the Year in the Telegraph, BBC Wildlife, Geographic... Some really nice foreign editions coming too. Thanks for the cover quote @profaliceroberts.bsky.social! x
This was a Book of the Year in the Telegraph, BBC Wildlife, Geographic... Some really nice foreign editions coming too. Thanks for the cover quote @profaliceroberts.bsky.social! x
April 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
SNEAK PEEK! Just to say that the paperback release of Infinite Life is coming next month (8th of May). Gorgeous, eh?
This was a Book of the Year in the Telegraph, BBC Wildlife, Geographic... Some really nice foreign editions coming too. Thanks for the cover quote @profaliceroberts.bsky.social! x
This was a Book of the Year in the Telegraph, BBC Wildlife, Geographic... Some really nice foreign editions coming too. Thanks for the cover quote @profaliceroberts.bsky.social! x
April 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Seen many toadballs in my life but was surprised to see a terrestrial toadball today. Female is somewhere in the middle. This happens because of a skewed sex ratio at the pond. These are pretty young males. I chose to put them back in water because I was worried about someone treading on them!
March 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Seen many toadballs in my life but was surprised to see a terrestrial toadball today. Female is somewhere in the middle. This happens because of a skewed sex ratio at the pond. These are pretty young males. I chose to put them back in water because I was worried about someone treading on them!
Thanks to The Atlantic pushing on this, authors can now see which of their works have been taken, without any permission or consent, by Meta. They have taken 11 of my books, according to The Atlantic. To think, people (and govs) venerate these billionaire companies. Other authors, how you feeling?
March 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thanks to The Atlantic pushing on this, authors can now see which of their works have been taken, without any permission or consent, by Meta. They have taken 11 of my books, according to The Atlantic. To think, people (and govs) venerate these billionaire companies. Other authors, how you feeling?
Sparrowhawk on top of a partridge in the wheat. Slight Toothless vibes.
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sparrowhawk on top of a partridge in the wheat. Slight Toothless vibes.
Cleaning out the pond so got some prehistoric-looking spot-tums in a jar for a bit. Smooth newts. So Smooth. 😎
March 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Cleaning out the pond so got some prehistoric-looking spot-tums in a jar for a bit. Smooth newts. So Smooth. 😎
Bone-fiends, my nephew found what l assumed was a dolphin vertebrae at the beach but it looks a bit strange to me. Any ID thoughts gratefully received! ❤️ Cheers!
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bone-fiends, my nephew found what l assumed was a dolphin vertebrae at the beach but it looks a bit strange to me. Any ID thoughts gratefully received! ❤️ Cheers!
Back from @niscifest.bsky.social (where events continue this week). Great fun! Lots of shows, lorra zoology chat. A privilege. A big highlight was on-staging with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social and hearing about Buster Gonad cricket genitalia among many other topics of important educational filth.
February 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Back from @niscifest.bsky.social (where events continue this week). Great fun! Lots of shows, lorra zoology chat. A privilege. A big highlight was on-staging with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social and hearing about Buster Gonad cricket genitalia among many other topics of important educational filth.
This non-fic epic extravaganza, five years in the making, stomps into bookshops today. Such amazing illustrations and scene constructions by Gavin Scott! Can't wait for young audiences to be totally wowed and, I hope, inspired.
Let me know if you spot it in the wild!
Have a MEGA day x
Let me know if you spot it in the wild!
Have a MEGA day x
February 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This non-fic epic extravaganza, five years in the making, stomps into bookshops today. Such amazing illustrations and scene constructions by Gavin Scott! Can't wait for young audiences to be totally wowed and, I hope, inspired.
Let me know if you spot it in the wild!
Have a MEGA day x
Let me know if you spot it in the wild!
Have a MEGA day x
...and all at @nosycrow.bsky.social. I’ll mention it again next wk (comes out on Thurs 13th of Feb) but if you wanted to pre-order, there is a way you can do this which supports @booktrust.org.uk with a 10% donation paid by @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social as part of their
#ReadItForward! Campaign...
#ReadItForward! Campaign...
February 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
...and all at @nosycrow.bsky.social. I’ll mention it again next wk (comes out on Thurs 13th of Feb) but if you wanted to pre-order, there is a way you can do this which supports @booktrust.org.uk with a 10% donation paid by @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social as part of their
#ReadItForward! Campaign...
#ReadItForward! Campaign...