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Illuminating a Herpetological Mystery From Trinidad

Read: Ivan Sanderson and the Lightbulb Lizard »

Dr Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German physician and naturalist participating during the early 1740s in the last of Danish explorer Vitus Bering’s Russian expeditions to the Arctic waters (now called the Bering Sea) separating Siberia’s Kamchatka Peninsula from Alaska. During this expedition, Steller documented many new species of animal, including four very contentious forms that continue to arouse cryptozoological curiosity even today.

Read: Steller’s Secret Fauna – Gargantuan Sea-Cows, Inaccessible Sea-Ravens, and Bewhiskered Sea-Monkeys »

…the publication of The Menagerie of Marvels, whose subtitle, A Third Compendium of Extraordinary Animals, reveals that it is volume #3 in my series dealing with extraordinary animals from both cryptozoology and mainstream zoology.

Read: My Menagerie of Marvels is Here! »

Do undiscovered mini-man-beasts inhabit the tiny Indonesian island of Flores? Is a king cheetah depicted in an Indian painting from the Mughal Empire? How can the diversity of lake monsters in Spain be explained? What is the identity of a controversial African ape called the koolookamba?

Read: Volume 2 of the Journal of Cryptozoology is Here! »

He was claimed to be the most photographed animal of all time (even appearing on the front cover of dance music duo Basement Jaxx’s album Rooty), and he was indisputably one of the animal kingdom’s greatest, most readily recognisable icons. He died 10 years ago this week. So here is my tribute to Little Snowflake […]

Read: Farewell, Little Snowflake – Ten Years On, My Tribute To The World’s Only White Gorilla »

It is widely known that many remarkable species of animal have become extinct or at least highly endangered in modern times. However, it is far less well known that during this same time period, a startling number of equally spectacular species have been newly discovered (having been previously unknown to science) or rediscovered (after having […]

Read: My Top Ten New and Rediscovered Animals of Modern Times »

Back in January, we reported on the first video footage of the giant squid being captured here on Cryptomundo.

The special program Monster Squid: The Giant is Real which features the full video will be airing on the Science Channel…

Read: Monster Squid: The Giant is Real »

People were fantasizing about reviving extinct forms of life long before Hollywood embedded the idea into our collective consciousness with Jurassic Park. Can we really do it? And if we can, why should we?

Read: Resurrecting the Thylacine? »

Only on Cryptomundo!

Read: Some Coelacanth Humor »

#Books @CryptoLoren

The Complete Bibliography. Wikipedia does not have the full list. Here’s my attempt.

Read: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List »

The logo species is the #KingCheetah.

Read: Congratulations to the new Journal of Cryptozoology »

Available on Nat Geo Wild overnight at 2 AM Eastern

Read: Dinofish Overnight »

This is only the second new species of African monkey discovered in the last 28 years.

Read: New African Monkey Discovered »

#Discovery #NewSpecies #Saola #Vietnam
The find of this beautiful animal is celebrated.

Read: Saola: 20 Years Later »

This year, 2012, is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of this lizard.

Read: Florida’s First Komodo Dragon Dies »