Deep in the Amazon rainforest, researchers record strange howls that don’t match any known primate. Sonar equipment picks up massive, unidentifiable shapes gliding through the murky depths of Scottish ...

Cryptozoology sits in that curious space between folklore and field notes. The people who chase it keep showing up with maps, boots, and big questions. The following are 15 cryptozoologists whose ...

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 ...

All forms of science are reliant on facts, hard evidence and statistics to maintain relevance and credibility. But what of the legitimacy of the so-called “pseudosciences”? A warning: I’m going to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Often considered a marginalized science or a farcical adventure, the practice of cryptozoology is the quest for unknown, rumored or hidden animals. Its most notorious pursuits include the Loch Ness ...