Terrible Lizards

S12DB19 Where Did Pterosaurs Lay Their Eggs?

How did pterosaurs actually nest? Did they build colonies like seabirds, bury their soft-shelled eggs like crocodiles and turtles, or something stranger?  In this archi

S12DB18 How Did Dinosaur Heads Attach?

Link to youtube video: https://youtu.be/VVFicHNMxys What happens when a palaeontologist goes back to his office and comes home with five boxes of dinosaur casts and fos

S12E08 Live At Dinocon 2026

Recorded live at DinoCon 2026, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone answer audience questions covering everything from Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus to fossil auctions, pterosa

S12DB17 Why Palaeontologists Hate 'Biggest Dinosaur' Headlines

In this bite from an old live stream, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone discuss why claims of the "largest dinosaur ever" are much harder to prove than the headlines suggest

TLS12E07 The Business of Dinosaurs:

Should dinosaur fossils belong in museums—or can they be bought and sold like works of art? When the spectacular Tyrannosaurus rex known as "Gus" was preparing to go un

S12DB16 T. rex bite marks, the new Spinosaurus model & the next dinosaur superstar?

In this archive discussion, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone answer listener questions about museum exhibits, dinosaur reconstructions, Spinosaurus, and which prehistoric a

S12DB15 T. rex under the hammer

With another Tyrannosaurus rex making headlines at auction, we're revisiting this discussion from 2020, recorded just after the famous sale of Stan. Iszi Lawrence and D

S12DB14 Inside an Oviraptor Nest!

In this 2021 clip from Terrible Lizards, Iszi and Dave discuss the fossilised Oviraptor nest that made headlines around the world. Was this really evidence that dinosaurs

TLS12E06 Spinosaurus, Jurassic World & Troodon

Recorded live at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2026, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone tackle questions from the audience on everything from Spinosaurus salt glands and Jur

S12DB13 Mary Anning, Marine Reptiles & the Jurassic Coast

Mary Anning is one of the most important figures in the history of paleontology  but how much do we really know about her? Recorded live at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festiv

S12DB12 What colour were triceratops horns?

Were dinosaur horns brightly coloured? And is there really such a thing as a "top predator"? In this extract of a Terrible Lizards bonus we recorded last year, we tackle

S12E05 Mass Extinctions, CGI & Dinosaurs

Can you make a prehistoric documentary without relying on T. rex? We chat to Tim Haines, the man behind Walking with Dinosaurs and the new series Surviving Earth about ma

S12DB11 What Bird Eyes Reveal About Dinosaurs

In this short discussion, palaeontologist Dave Hone and Iszi Lawrence chat with podcaster Suzy Buttress about the strangeness of bird eyes... from iris colour and pupil s

S12DB10 Could dinosaurs hear you whistle?

Could a dinosaur hear you whistle? Did giant dinosaurs have gigantic feathers? And would a head-butting dinosaur really scrape the ground like a bull before charging? I

Enigmacursor: Small Dinosaurs, Big Impact

https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/giB-id1iEZE When people think of dinosaurs, it's usually the giants that come to mind—b

S12DB09 Planet of the Dinosaurs 1977

Dr Dave Hone and Iszi react to an old dinosaur movie from the seventees. We recommend watching this as a video, available on our patreon (as well as on Spotify) so you

S12DB08 Dinosaur Cuckoos?

Did dinosaurs raise each other's young like modern cuckoos do? Dr Dave Hone and Iszi Lawrence discuss how we would know if brood parasitism existed millions of years ago.

S12E03 Crocs

Please support the show, grab extra content and keep the podcast ad free: https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards You can watch this as a video on youtube here: https:/

S12DB07 Netflix: The Dinosaurs. Trailer Review

Iszi and Dave briefly discuss the new Netflix series "Dinosaurs". Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ejpMkrDDsWw They analyse the accuracy of the trailer includin

S12DB06 Frost Bite

Dinosaurs in the Arctic and Antarctic likely survived cold conditions by using similar strategies to extant species.  The discovery of a new T. rex femur, nicknamed Golia