Jules Howard
Zoology correspondent. Author. Chatty man. BBC Radio 4 / Guardian. 'Infinite Life' / 'Martian Museum of Earth Animals' and more (did i tell you about my duck genitalia VR app?).
- Hello school librarians! Got a few spare copies of THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS I'm happy to post out to schools for free. DM me if interested.
- British Audio Awards last night! So happy for the @nosycrow.bsky.social team who turned CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION into a thing of audio beauty and were rewarded! CYOE was one of only two titles in the whole show to be given a 'HIGHLY COMMENDED' - ours was for the Best Children's Book category.
- Really wonderful to hear that Choose Your Own Evolution is part of #Bookspark this year! The book was specially selected to be included in this really inspiring @booktrust.org.uk programme, which helps KS3 students share reading experiences. more info: 👉 booktrust.org.uk/bookspark-authors
- Have often written about my feeling that urban parts of London (and all cities) have the potential to become a lifeline for amphibians (just add a pond) so I was pleased that the universe manifested this frog at the top of Wembley Way. Happy, healthy and in good health. Put a skip (hop) in my step!
- Big nod to @froglife.bsky.social who are among a few charities to really push for wetlands in urban areas. Give them a follow!
- Porcelain mushrooms. Slimy.
- MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think). Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
- MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think). Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!
- The pitch: standard annual IUCN Red List announcement day, but we apply the same rabid intensity normally reserved for transfer deadline day.
- Sudden urge to pitch an event called 'STOP BEING A FANNY ABOUT INSECTS' to a major festival. 'Jules Howard and special guest tell the audience to stop being fannies about wasps and flies and bloody well just replant their front driveway spaces to make a home for earwigs'. Too much? Yes. Yes it is.
- Good year for ladybirds. *pulls ladybirds out of hair, teeth, armpits, nails, between toes, earholes... etc.*
- 'Fate of Ophelia' #frogs #taylorswift
- ...oh, a first for me here in the East Midlands. Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) found on my bathroom floor...! Is this correct @britishspiders.bsky.social?
- Interesting research from @froglife.bsky.social (and partners) today! 40% decline in common toads in the UK in 40 yrs. On a positive note, regional recoveries are achievable. Bravo to all those citizen scientists whose data contributed. Research paper is at... bit.ly/uncommoncommontoads
- Pinch punch, first day of the mon… oh, it’s October. This is not a time for light-hearted puerile superstitions. I am unlikely to see a toad for many months now. The swallows have gone. In October, many flying insects are metabolically active tombstones. Not having it.
- Blue tits are looking a bit stale now. Feed-up, my friends.
- Evil Animals series came to an end this week. Loved being a part of two of 'em, including this week's vampire bats ep. Some fab guests over the series. Have a listen! (BBC Sounds). Lorra fun, so ⭐️🙌⭐️ to producer @simonnicholls.bsky.social and team.
- Have seen more hornets in this single year than I have seen in the entire rest of my life combined!
- (I am 45!)
- Mmmmm.... doughnuts. (Silk-button galls <--- so heavy with them that the autumn leaf hit the floor with an audible clunk!). #autumn
- Hi people, I am looking for a Yorkshire-based fossil expert or group. Is there anyone I know or anyone really active on here that I have missed over the years? Thanks! #fossils
- Ohhhh... my book 'INFINITE LIFE' (an egg's eye view of evolution) is back on sale for 99p on Kindle. I love seeing lots of new readers come to it, so go download if you can! :)
- Oh.... Choose Your Own Evolution audiobook has been SHORTLISTED for a Speakie.. This is recorded by the excellent Glen McCready. Honestly, such a fun element of this epic @nosycrow.bsky.social project! Great shortlist. Congrats to all. www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
- Hearing great things about this! ❤️
- HERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬 @harpercollins.bsky.social
- LOKI! (such a fan). X
- Some Loki news: I'll be at The Paper Cat bookshop to do school events on sept 16th and, while there, will be signing/personalising/doodling/stamping etc copies of Loki book 5. If you would like one of these, order here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidlit
- Fell of my chair seeing this today so thought I should share. This is a little snippet of the longer review of CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION in today's edition of The Times. (That line at the end is from the story where the reader ends up evolving into a human being).
- People, get ready for the launch of.. ‘THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS’. This is my book with the amazing Matt Hunt c/o @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. One Martian museum. One school sleepover. One mysterious intruder. What could go wrong? ...
- This was a real ‘journey’ (sorry) to write (I haven’t written truly fictional elements before – it’s hard!) and took lots of teamwork to get everything looking and feeling just right. First book with foldouts and flaps too. The dream. Amazing design work...
- I have a few copies which I would be happy to post out to school libraries free-of-charge (as always, non-fee paying schools) so shout if this is you! Direct message me. Thanks, as ever, for your nice words and support. x
- Over the moon to see that MEGA is on the longlist for the #WainwrightPrize, announced today. A real team effort, five years in the making. So many great books on the list (many written by friends - hello! and also congrats! - and people I respect a great deal). Delighted to be among them.
- MEGA was an amazing book to write. Not just a celebration of the biggest animals to live but a reminder that big things evolve during the geological slices when the planet is thriving - and that we have to work together to keep wild MEGAFAUNA living and well for future generations to marvel at. x
- Lovely weather for enzymes.
