Name: Sea Monsters Past and Present by Dr Darren Naish
Start: 2025-11-21T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-21T19:00:00+00:00
Location: 66 High West Street, DT1 1JP Dorchester, United Kingdom

Sea Monsters Past and Present by Dr Darren Naish

Ever since ancient times, people have believed that giant, monstrous animals inhabit the seas. If such creatures are real, could they have a direct relationship to the giant sea reptiles – in particular the long-necked plesiosaurs – of the geological past? Join esteemed author and palaeozoologist Dr Darren Naish as he explores our developing ideas about sea monsters past and present, a subject that combines developments in palaeontology with studies of mythology and popular culture.
Dr. Darren Naish is an author and palaeozoologist who works on dinosaurs, ancient sea reptiles and the flying pterosaurs. He received his PhD in palaeontology from the University of Portsmouth in 2006. He has published numerous books, Dinopedia, Ancient Sea Reptiles and Mesozoic Art and Mesozoic Art II, and he blogs at Tetrapod Zoology (tetzoo.com ) where he writes about all manner of zoological topics. He also works for the BBC Natural History Unit and is the chief scientific consultant for the Apple TV+ series Prehistoric Planet.