Bue, who works a day job as a technical writer and is a certified volunteer naturalist through the Ohio State University, traces her cryptozoology origins back to one fateful day in 2012.

A symposium at the Bates College Museum of Art this weekend relates the visual arts to cryptozoology, the study of unknown, rumored or hidden animals. Treating issues of cryptozoology, science and art ...

LEWISTON, Maine --As a cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman rarely gets to play the straight man at meetings with his fellow scientists. "I had to put up with people saying, 'Oh, you're the one who believes ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study of extremely rare or mythical creatures like Bigfoot, called cryptozoology, is generally considered a fringe science, lacking the type of robust analysis required to appear in peer-reviewed ...

Cryptozoology involves rampant speculation and unconventional surveying methods. But controversial new "findings" can inspire a renewed quest to better map out the natural world. This was the case ...

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 ...

Chippewa River District Library welcomes cryptozoologist and expert on mysterious creatures Shetan Noir, for a talk on the elusive and intriguing world of lake monsters. The event is planned to take ...

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- A fascination with the freaky and, possibly, fantasy hit Portland Saturday at Thompson's Point at the third annual International Cryptozoology Museum Conference. The ...

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 ...

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 ...