It’s that time of year again, even though it’s at a different time each year. Natee, Gemma and Marc attended the very first iteration of DinoCon, the spiritual successor to TetZooCon, but more bigger, more dinosaurier and more in Exeter! Join our crew as they reminisce about their adventures and misadventures, the perilous journey to Devon, the informative talks and highlights, the colourful characters, the quiz, the costumes and the merch. Is DinoCon a worthy successor to TetZooCon? What changed, what stayed the same? Did Gemma get told off for interviewing people? What made Marc shed a tear? And will Natee ever not get Covid? Join us at the Big Bony Club and find out all about DinoCon 2025!
In the News
- Gemma went to Massachusetts, and the write up of a trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History can already be found on the blog. One of the Boston Museum of Science is still upcoming.
- Marc has gone back to ROARR!! Sadly, the park no longer welcomes adults without children, meaning Marc had to come on an extremely packed day.
- Natee has been to Oxford, including the Natural History Museum there. The Breaking Ground exhibition runs until April 13 2026.
- The Etches Collection Museum is running a fundraiser to help save and excavate the so called “Sea Rex”, a giant pliosaur whose skull has already been excavated. You can donate here.
DinoCon 2025
DinoCon 2025 was held on 16 and 17 August at the University Campus in Exeter.
Opening Talk: Darren Naish, Annie Barling, Nathan Barling
Hillary McLean
Costume Competition
David Krentz
David Armsby
Palaeoart panel: Gaëlle Seuillon, Emily Higgs, Bob Nicholls, Julianne Zelda Kiely, Darren Naish
Jay Balamurugan
Jed Taylor
Emma Still of Cookieraptor
Interview
As previous years, we’ve gone around interviewing several vendors and attendees.
Mike Tharme of Animation Toolkit and The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
Joy is Mary Anning
Méilssa Delteil
Nathan, who is involved with the Dinoël Christmas Market in Strasbourg
Alex Pritchard (left) of Dinosaur Skeletons Prehistoric Replicas
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