I am always happy to give public talks (schedule permitting) to groups interested in science, schools, or other educations groups (e.g. adult learning). I have spoken at New Scientist Live (twice), the Royal Institution (three times), the Cheltenham and Brighton Science Festivals, given a talk at the Royal Observatory, Greenwhich, at the Linnean Society, for the Smithsonian four times) and for Sceptics in the Pub and Pub Science groups. Here’s a curated playlist of all my talks, interviews and videos that are on YouTube. Contact me if you would like me to speak to your organisation or school – I do not charge a fee for non-profit or educational establishments, and my schedule if generally flexible.

I’m very involved in science communication and outreach – getting science out of the classroom or research institute and bringing it to the general public. My podcast Terrible Lizards has now been running for nearly 5 years and has had over 2 million listens. We’ve had guests from Chris Packham to Penn Jilette talking about dinosaurs and there’s more than 100 episodes to listen to. I contribute to a number of groups and organisations which help promote science communication. When possible I do give lectures and talks to a live audience, especially in schools and have done so in many years – I actually started while still studying for my batchelors degree. I also try to convince other academics to get involved in outreach and I try to support sites and groups that encourage this as well as getting contributors and collaborators on my own projects.

I have also been writing the blog “Archosaur Musings” for over 15 years now, where I cover dinosaurs, pterosaurs and science in the media. For several years I also wrote a blog for The Guardian and still contribute articles there (my archive is here).

I also helped organise and launch a new site focused on pterosaurs – “Pterosaur.Net” which has it’s own blog as well as a series of essays on various aspects of the biology of these animals. I also have whole sections of my site devoted to helping young researchers  and also contribute to the “Why Science” and BBC “Walking with Dinosaurs” websites. I tweet as @Dave_Hone and you can find me on Bluesky and LinkedIn, and I run a Facebook page for ‘Dave Hone’s Dinosaurs‘.

My biggest project though was “Ask A Biologist” which has a rather explanatory title. I set this site up in 2006 and it ran through till 2023. I was able to get a number of grants from various funding bodies to support the site, and then I recruited a number of international researchers to take the public’s questions. We answered over 10 000 biology-related queries and had millions of visitors from around the globe.

Finally, I have a whole series of books published aimed at everyone from kids to academics. Check them all out here.

Below are included a number of articles of science communication or that were produced for a general audience and here is a link to an exhaustive list of outreach efforts that are online.