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A lot of people have asked us: what do you talk about on your dinosaur podcast?

Well, lucky for us, we live in a golden age of dinosaur discovery. Since we started I Know Dino, some years have had more than 60 new species named!

Long story short, there are always cool dinosaurs to discuss 😎 by @iknowdino

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11 hours ago

We recently backed a new dinosaur game named Herd of Horns. It's a TTRPG (tabletop roleplaying game) where you lead a herd of ceratopsids through the Cenozoic.

Full disclosure: they are a sponsor of the show, but we thought some of you might be interested in it.

This scientifically accurate game takes place in the Campanian, about 80 mya. That was a great time for ceratopsids, which are all featured in the game:

- Centrosaurus,
- Chasmosaurus,
- Pachyrhinosaurus,
- Pentaceratops,
- Regaliceratops,
- Spinops,
- Styracosaurus,
- and Xenoceratops

After you pick your species you get to go through a fun character creation step where you name it, select attributes, pick skills, etc.

Then you get to work in a variety of scenes, doing things like:

- Attacking a predator with your horns
- Defending vulnerable friends with your frill
- Maneuvering through hazards like floods and grassfires

They have two main tiers of the game: A budget friendly digital only version and a more popular version with a beautifully illustrated physical book.

We don't know if it will be available after the campaign ends, so if you're interested, we recommend backing it now.

iknowdino.com/herdofhorns by @iknowdino

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2 days ago

We got to collab recently with @katy_lipscomb and dive into the speculative anatomy of the Swan Wyvern (when we first saw this amazing illustration, we were reminded of the dinosaur Halskaraptor 😀)

Check out the really cool skeletals and see how the two compare in our collab post!

https://members.katylipscomb.com/posts/dragons-dinos-of-170258518 by @iknowdino

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7 days ago

Happy October fellow dinosaur enthusiasts!

It’s been a busy month, with lots of goodies for our Dino Friends and DI-KNOW-IT-ALLs on Patreon

If you’re thinking of joining, here’s what happened:
- September’s theme was back to school (with dinosaurs), with fun polls about dinosaur school mascots, dinosaur myths you believed as a kid, and which dinosaur you’d bring to show and tell
- We released an exclusive Dino Download mini episode detailing the dinosaurs extinction and we shared an extended interview with the hosts of PBS Eons
- Our I Know Paleo episode this month was all about Odonata, a group that includes dragonflies and damselflies
- And we released a (very) early access preview of our upcoming podcast The Daily Dinosaur

Come check it all out at https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino/posts/i-know-dino-2026-170827337 by @iknowdino

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14 days ago

Hello fellow dinosaur enthusiasts!

We've been podcasting about dinosaurs for more than 10 years. Our mission: to spread dinosaur joy and science.Whether through podcasts, bonus audio content, newsletters, books, teaching resources, videos, or live events, our goal is to teach, learn, and celebrate dinosaurs. Which is easy to do when a new dinosaur is discovered nearly every week!

Our community on Patreon is the reason we can continue to do what we love (basically, talk about dinosaurs all day every day).

We’d love for you to join our community. We now offer a free tier for our Dino Friends, where you get access to Drops (when we announce new projects), take parts in our monthly theme polls, enjoy behind-the-scenes fossil collection photos and more!

All you have to do is sign up (for FREE) at our link in bio by @iknowdino

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21 days ago

Coming soon…

In our next I Know Dino episode, we’re talking about three new hadrosaurs (the herbivorous duck-billed dinosaurs that dominated in the Cretaceous)

One particularly cool one is Gongshuilong, a saurolophine hadrosaur that had a tall tail

How was the end of its tail so tall?

It had long, curved neural spines on the vertebrae at the end of the tail (they’re 8.5 times as tall as the centrum they’re attached to)

Pretty amazing! Huge thanks to Joel Lee who painted Gongshuilong for our episode art

The rest of the episode is pretty exciting too. We had a fun chat with the hosts of PBS Eons about their new six-episode series, “Eons: Life and Death on Pangea”

And we talk about how most animals had a “third eye”, until the Great Dying

Can’t wait to share the episode!

Image credit: Joel Lee by @iknowdino

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a month ago

Last year, we mentioned that we're working on two new podcasts. The good news is, we're making great progress on both! The less than ideal news is we've decided to push officially starting these podcasts until next year. It was a tough decision, but we wanted to make sure we gave ourselves enough time to make both of these shows the best they could be.

We're bummed we won't be launching until next year, however, we are excited to share with you an exclusive sneak peek of one of our shows: The Daily Dinosaur.

The Daily Dinosaur is playful show, meant to be enjoyable for all ages. Each episode is short and packed with facts. We dig into the life of a dinosaur (how big was it? What did it eat? When did it live?) And answer pressing dinosaur questions, like “What color were dinosaurs?” and “Could T. rex swim?”

We're happy to share a sneak peek of the first few episodes, starting with our episode on Yutyrannus, over on our Patreon.

Come check it out!

Link in bio by @iknowdino

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a month ago

Quick announcement!

FREE this month for our Dino Friends (our free Patreon membership) is our exclusive Dino Download episode 14! In the episode we talk about 7 surprising dinosaur revelations (huge Ceratosaurus teeth, larger silesaurs, and even larger stegosaurs (plus 4 more stories).

Join at our free tier and listen here:
https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino/posts/dd14-7-160177190 by @iknowdino

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a month ago

The Field Guides came in the mail, and they came out great! It's a nice keepsake (almost like a yearbook) of the dinosaurs named in 2025

If you want one, it's not too late!

https://iknowdino.com/cards Cover for Dinosaur Rookie Class of 2025 Field Guide by @iknowdino

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2 months ago

What’s the weirdest, most wonderful dinosaur?

Every month on our Patreon we have a theme. This month is all about weird, wonderful dinos (think strange tail or head shapes, or unexpected arms)

Join in on the conversation with all our members on Patreon

Link in bio by @iknowdino

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2 months ago

Last month, we launched a project on BackerKit to celebrate some of the biggest dinosaurs that were named last year

We did that by making them dinosaur trading cards, and we were fully funded in 15 minutes!

Thank you to @t.n.t.design, our artist who designed all the cards (including our bonus stretch goal card: Shri rapax), for sharing this making of video with us

Please enjoy! (Full video on YouTube)

And, good news! If you weren’t able to back the campaign but you still want the cards, our pre-order store is open on BackerKit (for this month only, August)

If you’re a DI-KNOW-IT-ALL (one of our paid members on Patreon) you can still get the exclusive Nanotyrannus card too!

iknowdino.com/cards by @iknowdino

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2 months ago

Mass extinctions have happened a few times throughout Earth’s history. When talking about mass extinctions, most people are referring to what’s known as the “Big Five” (or maybe Six, depending on who you ask)

Each of the mass extinctions were caused by different catastrophic events. We did a deep dive into all of them as part of an I Know Paleo series (our monthly premium show for our members on Patreon)

From now until the end of this month (August) our Dino Friends (free members of our Patreon) can access the first episode in the series. We talk all about what makes a mass extinction, give an overview of the Big Five, and go into all the details of the first one: the Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME)

LOME led to about 85% of species going extinct. At the time, everything was mostly in water.

It happened in phases, or a one-two punch. What went extinct? Many trilobites (marine arthropods that looked kind of like big bugs), crinoids (sea lilies), and sponges died out. Some species did manage to survive, and they eventually repopulated the oceans.

Follow the full story, in our exclusive series.

And bonus! If you join as a member this month you’ll be helping us reach our goal of getting to 1,000 members

So thank you!

https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino/posts/i-know-paleo-21-117655139?collection=27169 by @iknowdino

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2 months ago