Archive for the “Extinct”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 14th, 2011
Scientists found this amphibian in the forests of Borneo. The old drawings of it do no justice to the vivid colors seen in the rediscovered toad. Images.
Read: Colorful Rediscovery: Rainbow Toad Found After 87 Years »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Expedition Reports, Extinct, New Species, Weird Animal News | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 27th, 2011
Tanzania and the Caribbean are the locations for the news. Images.
Read: New Species News: Toad Rediscovered, New Bat Discovered »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Extinct, New Species | Comments Off on New Species News: Toad Rediscovered, New Bat Discovered
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 18th, 2011
This new press release gives an opposite point of view from another posting here at Cryptomundo. Image.
Read: Neandertals Died Out Earlier Than Previously Thought »
Categorized as: Almas, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Extinct, Fossil Finds | 8 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on May 12th, 2011
Is this the carcass of an Archeopteryx or is it a crude “carnival gaff.”
Or something else entirely?
What do the Cryptomundians think?
Read: Weird Bird Carcass Found in Iran »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Extinct, Living Fossils, Photos, Weird Animal News, Winged Weirdies | 11 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 4th, 2011
Were they really more “marsupial wolves” or “Tasmanian tigers”? Images.
Read: Thylacine: Felid-Like or Canid-Like? »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Extinct, Thylacine | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 19th, 2011
There have been 57 unconfirmed reported sightings of this supposedly extinct bird in the 20 years to 2010. Image.
Read: “Extinct” South Island Kokako Photographed »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Breaking News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Extinct, Eyewitness Accounts, Photos | 1 Comment »
Posted by: mystery_man on March 31st, 2011
The Honshu wolf was not the only type of wolf endemic to Japan. In the cold northern wilderness of Hokkaido there lurked another, much larger variety of Japanese wolf. The final installment of my Japanese wolf series.
Read: Japanese Wolves Part 3: The Hokkaido Wolf »
Categorized as: Cryptid Canids, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Extinct, Eyewitness Accounts, Mystery Man's Menagerie | Comments Off on Japanese Wolves Part 3: The Hokkaido Wolf
Posted by: mystery_man on March 29th, 2011
I am re-publishing a series I did here awhile back for the enjoyment of both new Cryptomundo readers and old alike. Here’s Part 1, with the next two to follow in the coming days.
Read: Japanese Wolves Part 1: The Honshu Wolf »
Categorized as: Cryptid Canids, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Extinct, Mystery Man's Menagerie | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 24th, 2011
Thought extinct since the 1950s in Croatia, this specific Croatian event is intriguing. Images.
Read: Croatian Dalmatian Pelican Sighted »
Categorized as: Avian Mysteries, Breaking News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, CryptoZoo News, Extinct, Eyewitness Accounts, New Species, Out of Place | Comments Off on Croatian Dalmatian Pelican Sighted
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 16th, 2011
The study was conducted to determine where mammals that are presumed to be extinct are most likely to be rediscovered, and to test predictions of two hypotheses to explain trajectories of decline in mammals. Images.
Read: Where To Look For Extinct Animals? »
Categorized as: Classic Animals of Discovery, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Extinct, New Species | 9 Comments »
Posted by: Guy Edwards on March 1st, 2011
JD Adams of Salem-News.com writes an article titled, “The Enigma of the Giants” Although, Gigantopithecus is mentioned, Adams goes beyond the familiar Giganto-theory and speaks about Giant Humans from all over the world.
Read: Giant Insects, Scorpions, Sharks, Why Not Giant Hominids? »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Lunch Club, Cryptozoology, Extinct, Megafauna, Megalodon, True Giant | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 17th, 2011
Tales of giants have been pervasive and persuasive. They’ve been used to sell newspapers, terrify naughty children, name fledgling sports teams and mined as fodder for all types of fantastic fiction.
Read: Lindroos on Giants »
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 16th, 2011
While most students of cryptozoology recognize “Giganto” as a favorite Bigfoot/Yeti candidate, many may be unaware that German anatomist-anthropologist Franz Weidenreich (1873-1948) renamed the creature Giganthropus, treating it as a primitive ancestor of Homo sapiens.
Read: Newton on Giants »
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 15th, 2011
What if something else, something even more fantastic in its implications than the idea that Bigfoot is Gigantopithecus, is actually afoot?
Read: Redfern on Giants »
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Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 8th, 2011
On Verne’s day, let’s celebrate these birds he loved. Images.
Read: Happy Birthday, Jules Verne: A Visit With Your Terror Birds »
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