This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On the 12th July 2011, the ZSL (= Zoological ...

Some, like the Tasmanian tiger, are considered extinct, yet sightings are still reported. Some, like the giant squid, existed only as rumors until hard evidence finally appeared. And roaming a shadowy ...

When people think of cryptozoology, they often scoff at the idea of people studying Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. But the hunt for cryptids, or mystery animals, isn’t just about myth chasing.

The animals that star in Abominable Science! will be known to most children. Sadly, none of them exist. Daniel Loxton, a journalist for Skeptic science magazine, and palaeontologist Donald Prothero ...

Bigfoot, mountain lions in Pennsylvania, UFOs, ghosts are probably all more or less familiar concepts. Raystown Ray and Bessie (Pennsylvania cousins to the Loch Ness Monster), thunderbirds, squonk, ...

Anyone who doubts cryptozoology, which in Greek means the “study of hidden animals,” should remember the many lessons of the past 110 years: the mountain gorilla (discovered in 1902), the colossal ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s information ecosystem. Sometimes Bigfoot believers go “squatching” in the forest to hunt for tracks left behind from the purported ...

The Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum, located at 328 Mosby Ave., features animals whose existence lacks physical evidence but myths and legends are reported, like Bigfoot, UFOs and the Loch Ness ...

Dustin Welbourne does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...