David Unwin is giving a technical talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about using UV light photography to uncover data on pterosaur biology. David has studied pterosaurs for nearly 50 years and remains baffled by them. He works at the University of Leicester as a reader in Palaeobiology.

Dave Hone & Iszi Lawrence will be hosting their podcast Terrible Lizards at #DinoConUK 2026! Dave is a specialist in dinosaur ecology & behaviour and has published more than 100 scientific papers. Iszi is a broadcaster, comedian and children's historical fiction author.

Matt Dempsey will be speaking at #DinoConUK 2026 about how dinosaurs are reconstructed. Palaeoartist, musculoskeletal biologist, and vertebrate palaeontologist, Matt's research focuses how our knowledge of living animals can be used to understand the biology of extinct ones.

Tom Fletcher will be hosting a talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about his experiences in moving from academia to film making. Tom's research focussed on fossil shark hydrodynamics. Tom now works at Silverback Films, a natural history filmmaking company in Bristol.

Emma Nicholls will be hosting a talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about the first scientifically named dinosaur; Megalosaurus. Palaeontologist and award winning museum curator, Emma is currently collections manager of fossil vertebrates at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Dean Lomax will be hosting a talk on his book, The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs, at #DinoConUK 2026. Dean is an acclaimed palaeontologist, author, a leading authority on ichthyosaurs, and TV presenter affiliated with the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol.

Paul Barrett will be hosting a technical talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about Zimbabwe’s dinosaur heritage and new fieldwork that has yielded surprising results. Paul is Head of Fossil Vertebrates & Palaeoanthropology at the Natural History Museum, London. He has published nearly 250 scientific papers.

Could Jurassic Park happen? Maria McNamara will be hosting a talk at #DinoConUK 2026 about if de-extinction of ancient animals is possible. Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork, Maria's research focuses on soft tissue, colouration, and feather preservation.

Exciting news! Screenwriter, producer and director, Tim Haines, will be hosting a talk about the upcoming miniseries Surviving Earth at #DinoConUK 2026! Tim is best known as the creator for the incredibly popular BAFTA and Emmy award-winning series Walking with Dinosaurs.

Vendor applications are now CLOSED!!! Thank you to everyone who has applied for this year's DinoCon! We will be contacting all applicants once we have reviewed everyone's applications over the next few weeks.

Attention #vendors! There's only ONE WEEK left to get your applications in if you want to be a vendor at #DinoConUK 2026!! Don't miss out and apply now! www.dinocon.co.uk/vendors

We are delighted to announce that David James Armsby will be our Guest of Honour at #DinoConUK 2026! David is best known for his animated films #SAURIA and #Dinosauria. All episodes are available on his YouTube Channel: Dead Sound. David will be premiering his 11th Dinosauria film at DinoCon!

🦕Head's up Vendors! There's only ONE MONTH left to apply for a table. Get your application in now if you want to sell your palaeo-themed wares at DinoCon! Don't miss out! 🦖 www.dinocon.co.uk/vendors

We're not ready to announce #DinoConUK 2026 events yet BUT David Armsby has released some info across social media... follow @dinoconuk.bsky.social and visit dinocon.co.uk for info. Happens July 25th-26th in Birmingham.

🦕Tickets are now available to purchase for DinoCon 2026!!! We hope to see you there! www.dinocon.co.uk/tickets 🦖

🦕Get ready!! Tickets for DinoCon 2026 will be available to purchase from 12pm on Friday 23rd January. That's next week!! 🦖 See our website for prices and further details. www.dinocon.co.uk

Applications to volunteer at DinoCon 2026 are now OPEN! If you would like to help us make DinoCon the best it can be, apply now! www.dinocon.co.uk/volunteer

If you weren’t already aware, on the 6th and 7th of Dec in Strasbourg, France, Dinoël is returning. This amazing event is similar to DinoCon in its objectives and a wonderful opportunity to explore the creative side of palaeontology through palaeo-art and workshops. paleoartae.com/edition-2025/

🦕We are now accepting Vendor Applications for DinoCon 2026!! Apply now! 🦖 www.dinocon.co.uk/vendors #DinoconUK #vendors #ApplyNow

🦕We’re delighted to announce that DinoCon 2026 will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Sat 25th & Sun 26th July, 2026!🦖 Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW! More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk

Check out this awesome video that Tom Fishenden captured for us of DinoCon 2025! It was an absolute blast and we will see you all again in 2026! (updates still to come!) To find more of Tom’s work, see the links in the comments.

Almost a week on, and I had a simply AMAZING weekend at the first ever @dinoconuk.bsky.social! Ahhhhh!!! I can't believe how well it went!!! So many nice people! So many great stalls! So many fantastic talks and workshops! It was incredible and I can't wait for next year!!! #FossilFriday #paleoart

Whilst the memories are still fresh, time for some (probably rambling) reflections on the inaugural DinoCon. There are so many people I’d like to mention by name, but I’m terrified of forgetting someone. But some are simply too important not to mention, so I’ll begin with them (1/n)

By the way, @dinoconuk.bsky.social is currently represented on Wplace! (H/t @eriorguez.bsky.social for the heads-up.) #DinoConUK

David Krentz on where Disney and palaeontology meet, not always comfortably at @dinoconuk.bsky.social #DinoconUK

What an incredible time at @dinoconuk.bsky.social. I was super excited to give a presentation and I hope that it didn’t disappoint. Hopefully see you all at the next one. #DinoConUk

MASSIVE thank you to the amazing organisers, speakers, artists, stall holders and fellow attendees at @dinoconuk.bsky.social! It has been an amazing two days - my brain is at capacity! I have come away having learned lots, inspired to learn more, and generally in awe of the artworks. #dinoconUK

The first ever @dinoconuk.bsky.social has ended here in Exeter and here are a few images from the Palaeoart Workshops. Some truly wonderful art was produced by some incredibly talented people!

@dinoconuk.bsky.social was A.MA.ZING! Paleo peeps are creative, kind and so generous with their knowledge. I could barely keep up taking notes of all the interesting paleontology/zoology/fabrication information! 🎨🦖 #paleoart #dinosaurs #dinoconuk

The first DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social went off with a bang. A bunch of dinosaur/prehistoric life related talks, stalls and activities to keep the palaeonerd community out of mischief for a weekend. Thanks to everyone for making it enjoyable and hope to see you again next year!

@dinoconuk.bsky.social Mega Thread begins… Thanks to @pigeoncircus.bsky.social @charliebgraham.bsky.social @irishpalaeo.bsky.social and the other volunteers for all the hard work and effort put in over the weekend. Thanks to @palaeogames.bsky.social for the opportunity, trust, and belief. Pt1

🦕Our first ever DinoCon was a roaring success!!! Thank you so so much to everyone who attended, our speakers, our vendors, and our volunteers! Thank you to all 861 of you!! An extra thank you to those who helped us raise £3265 for the World Parrot Trust!! We will see you all again in 2026!🦖💚

Yes, there is #TetZoo merch... and yes we have a stall at #DinoConUK! T-shirts, mugs, numerous dinosaur stickers, badges and also books and more. Find us in the Vendor Hall!

Badges for @dinoconuk.bsky.social complete!!!!! Well, the Pride ones at least... I'm just about to start work on these adorable baby ammonite ones!!!! See you all there soon!!! #paleoart #badges #dinocon #paleontology #convention #comicon

For attendees who happen to be nearby the venue tomorrow, there will be an opportunity for early check-in and to collect your lanyards from 5-7pm! Please come to the Piazza entrance for The Great Hall!

We have received a few emails about tickets now being unavailable. We are sorry to everyone who has missed out this year. We needed to provide our venue with our final attendee number yesterday as per their health and safety protocol. Tickets will NOT be available to buy on the door.

🦕Tickets are no longer available to purchase! Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets and we will see you all in a couple of days at DinoCon 2025!!!! 🦖

This beautiful Megalosaurus is of course the first Dinosaur named & imagine being the lucky bidder to win art of the very first Dinosaur named at the very first DinoCon ever! Thanks to @dragonsofwales.bsky.social for donating to the inaugural @dinoconuk.bsky.social Charity Auction this weekend! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🦖🏴‍☠️

I'm busy restocking for @dinoconuk.bsky.social this weekend, and part of that has been me increasing my range of stickers!!!! I've been making some new iridescent ones which I'm looking forwardto having on my stall!!! #paleoart #stickers #artstall

🦕 Less than 3 HOURS TO GO to get your tickets for DinoCon 2025!!!! GO GO GO!🦖

Part of this weekends massive @dinoconuk.bsky.social festivities is a charity auction to raise money for the World Parrot Trust & I’m delighted to reveal that the incredible @dragonsofwales.bsky.social is donating two original pieces! Here’s the first & I’ll reveal the second later! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🦖🖤

There's only 12 HOURS LEFT to get your tickets for DinoCon 2025!!! Don't miss out! Grab your tickets now before they're gone! (link in comments)

Second Suchomimus is coming along for @dinoconuk.bsky.social and this is the female, with her offspring sheltering in her tail! Inspired by the classic DK model, with a heavy influence of Luis Rey, and my own preference for bright vivid colours! She’s part of my second charity auction piece 🏴‍☠️🖤🦖

Realised that I'd printed 96 different A3 prints for @dinoconuk.bsky.social, which is obviously not a satisfying number. So I made four more this evening to hit the big one-zero-zero. It includes some new Pteranodon #paleoart and, just for fun, an A4 print of a new ?Jeholopterus piece. #sciart

We can finally say that DinoCon 2025 is this weekend!!! We have updated our information for parking and travel due to road works. Please check out our website for more information (link in comments) We look forward to seeing you all in a few days!!!

new planter design for @dinoconuk.bsky.social just dropped, a little crystal seas colored thread Plesiosaur!

These absolutely brilliant colouring sheets are part of the art activities at next weekends @dinoconuk.bsky.social found in our creative space to relax, inspire, or chill out. Thanks to incredible @saralutra.bsky.social and the ever lovely @gaffamondo.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️🖤🦖

We’re so excited to share our exclusive @dinoconuk.bsky.social trail 🎉 don’t forget to book your tickets for the UK’s largest dinosaur themed convention in Exeter next weekend - you won’t want to miss it! 🦕🦖🦤 #dinocon #dinocon2025 #ExtraordinaryExtinct

The first Diorama for next weekends @dinoconuk.bsky.social Charity auction is now complete!! The fallen Astrodon and Acrocanthosaurus family will be raising money for the World Parrot Trust alongside some truly incredible auction items!! Pretty happy with how it’s turned out too☺️🏴‍☠️🦖🦕