Mystery Coelacanth Photos
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 3rd, 2009
Can you name the people in these images?
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The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 31st, 2008
From an alleged Bigfoot in ice to a mysterious body on a beach, from a new manta ray to a giant elephant shrew, it was quite a year. Images.
Pondering the Coelacanth Curse
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 20th, 2008
Is there anything to Samantha Weinberg’s view of the discovery of the coelacanth having a sinister underpinning? Images.
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World’s Largest Mammoth?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 10th, 2008
What was the largest hairy elephant in the prehistoric world? Image.
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The Ainu and The Kennewick Man
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 8th, 2008
Loren is still on the road, trying to keep in contact remotely. In the meantime, guest blogger Brent Swancer continues his examination of the Ainu, with part II of his contribution from Saturday. If you recall, he left us noting that the focus of the debate swirling around one theory on the origins of the […]
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Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: The Search Continues
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 2nd, 2008
Kayaker Gene Sparling says he spotted the bird Feb. 11, 2004, and Cornell University experts made subsequent sightings. Starting on December 6, 2008, new searches begin.
Bring Back The Mammoth?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 26th, 2008
Seventy percentage of the mammoth’s genome has been sequenced. What would you suggest be done next? Images.
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New Penguin Discovered: It’s Been Extinct For 500 Years
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 19th, 2008
The gap indicates the extinction of the older bird created the opportunity for the newer to colonize New Zealand’s main islands around 500 years ago. Images.
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In Search Of The Cibola
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 26th, 2008
Are there current reports of a large, unknown hairy mammal haunting mysterious cities of gold in the American Southwest? Are the sightings connected to records of this beast from the 15th century? Images.
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Gigantopithecus or Paranthropus?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 21st, 2008
Which do you favor? What’s you vote in finding a place in the family tree for the best possible candidate for Bigfoot?
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Horses and Cryptozoology
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 10th, 2008
Who would ever think there might be any kind of overlap between those two? An exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History could have informed folks of the linkage, but did it? Images.
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Extinct Harlequin Frog Rediscovered
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 30th, 2008
Also four new frog species have been discovered in Ecuador. Plus a look at the first mountain tapir trail cam photo taken in the same country this year. Images.
MQ: Short-Faced Bear Spoiler
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 22nd, 2008
The official student newspaper at East Tennessee State University shares more about the upcoming program, from reporter Patrick Hawkins. Yes, the headline here has a double-meaning. Images.
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Were Hobbits Relict Homo erectus?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 5th, 2008
There is a new analysis of the skull of Homo floresiensis, compared with others. Images.
Scimitar Felid Found In SA Tar Pit
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 29th, 2008
Also found were giant ground sloths, glyptodons, horses, llamas, crocodiles, ducks, herons, and the rhino-like Mixotoxodon. Many images.
“The asphalt-preserved animals could rival those of Rancho La Brea,” said Christopher Shaw, collections manager at Los Angeles’s George C. Page Museum, which handles the La Brea collection.
