Two Full Decades of Tetrapod Zoology — Tetrapod Zoology

For previous TetZoo articles on birthdays and other landmarks, see…

• Happy first birthday Tetrapod Zoology (part I), January 2007

• Happy first birthday Tetrapod Zoology (part II), January 2007

• Happy second birthday Tetrapod Zoology (part I), January 2008

• Tetrapods of 2007 (happy birthday Tet Zoo part II), January 2008

• Happy THIRD birthday Tet Zoo, January 2009

• Tet Zoo = 4 years old today, January 2010

• 2009, a year of Tet Zooery, January 2010

• Four years of Tet Zoo: to infinity… and beyond!, April 2010

• It is with some dismay that I announce Tet Zoo’s first hemi-decade, January 2011

• Tet Zoo 5th birthday extravaganza, part II, January 2011

• Happy Birthday Tetrapod Zoology: SIX YEARS of blogging, January 2012

• Happy 6th Birthday, Tetrapod Zoology (part II), January 2012

• Tetrapod Zoology enters its 8th year of operation, January 2013 (I cannot find any intact versions of this article, thanks SciAm)

• Today marks NINE YEARS of Tetrapod Zoology, January 2015

• Tetrapod Zoology 10th-Birthday Extravaganza, Part 1: 2015 in Review, January 2016

• Tetrapod Zoology 10th Birthday Extravaganza, Part II: the Rest of 2015 Reviewed, January 2016

• Tetrapod Zoology 10th-Birthday Extravaganza, Part 3: Tet Zoo’s Tetrapod Treatment in 2015, January 2016

• Today Is Tet Zoo’s 11th Birthday, January 2017

• The 12th Year of Tet Zoo, January 2018

• The Tet Zoo 12th-Birthday Event, Part 2, January 2018

• The Much Belated Final Part of the Tetrapod Zoology 12th Birthday Event, December 2018

• Tetrapod Zoology Is A Teenager Now, January 2019

• Tetrapod Zoology’s 14th Year of Operation, 2019 in Review, January 2020

• On Tetrapod Zoology’s 15th Birthday, the Year in Review, January 2021

• Happy 16th Birthday, Tetrapod Zoology, February 2022

• Four Years of Tetrapod Zoology ver 4, July 2022

• The 17th Year of Tetrapod Zoology: 2022 in Review, January 2023

• Five Years of Tetrapod Zoology ver 4, July 2023

• Tetrapod Zoology Reaches 18 Years of Age, January 2024

• It Was the 19th Year in the History of Tetrapod Zoology, January 2025

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