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LOUISIANA'S GIANT SPIDERS - AN INDEPENDENT EYEWITNESS AT LAST!

LOUISIANA'S GIANT SPIDERS - AN INDEPENDENT EYEWITNESS A...

 A giant spider model owned by longstanding friend and fellow cryptozoology enth...

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'SHUKERNATURE BOOK 3:  CRYSTAL PALACE DINOSAURS, JUNGLE WALRUSES, AND OTHER BELATED BLOG BEASTS' - MY BRAND-NEW, 34TH BOOK IS NOW PUBLISHED!

'SHUKERNATURE BOOK 3: CRYSTAL PALACE DINOSAURS, JUNGLE...

 The full wraparound cover of my brand-new, 34th book ShukerNature Book 3: Cryst...

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DAUNTING DRAGONFLIES OF THE DEMONIC, HORSE-HEADED, AND BROBDINGNAGIAN VARIETIES!

DAUNTING DRAGONFLIES OF THE DEMONIC, HORSE-HEADED, AND ...

 My very own giant dragonfly, chanced upon in a charity shop recently and now re...

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SOME CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL RIDDLES FROM RUWENZORI

SOME CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL RIDDLES FROM RUWENZORI

 Deep within the green secluded forest kingdom of Ruwenzori (© Diego Tirira/Wiki...

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SNEAKING UP ON THE SNAKE CAT

SNEAKING UP ON THE SNAKE CAT

 The snake cat photograph (© unknown to me, despite in-depth searches made by me...

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THE HIDEOUS HODAG - HISTORY OF A HOAX

THE HIDEOUS HODAG - HISTORY OF A HOAX

 Fibre-glass hodag statue in front of the Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce (...

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THE HORN SNAKE AND THE HOOP SNAKE - FEARSOME CRITTERS OF THE SERPENTINE KIND

THE HORN SNAKE AND THE HOOP SNAKE - FEARSOME CRITTERS O...

 Hoop snake in hot pursuit! (© Richard Svensson) Following on from my previous ...

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THE ISABELLA QUAGGA - A LONG-LOST, LONG-FORGOTTEN EQUINE ENIGMA

THE ISABELLA QUAGGA - A LONG-LOST, LONG-FORGOTTEN EQUIN...

 A beautiful vintage (1800s) full-colour illustration of the unique isabella qua...

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DANIELL'S QUAGGA AND WARD'S ZEBRA - ANOTHER TWO STRIPED CURIOSITIES OF THE EQUINE KIND

DANIELL'S QUAGGA AND WARD'S ZEBRA - ANOTHER TWO STRIPED...

 Daniell's quagga (left) and Ward's zebra (right) (public domain) Following on ...

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THE GRUESOME GBAHALI - LURKING IN LIBERIA?

THE GRUESOME GBAHALI - LURKING IN LIBERIA?

 Representation of the gbahali based upon eyewitness descriptions (© Tim Morris)...

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REVIEWING 'CARNIFEX' - A CRYPTOZOOLOGY-THEMED CREATURE FEATURE FROM DOWN UNDER

REVIEWING 'CARNIFEX' - A CRYPTOZOOLOGY-THEMED CREATURE ...

  Publicity poster for Carnifex, showing the characters gazing up in awe at some...

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VALERO'S ROCK JAGUAR AND RED JAGUAR - TWO LESSER-KNOWN BRAZILIAN MYSTERY CATS

VALERO'S ROCK JAGUAR AND RED JAGUAR - TWO LESSER-KNOWN ...

 Did Valero's kintanari look something like this? (© William M. Rebsamen) Ameri...

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SHARING SOME MONSTROUSLY-ENTERTAINING CRYPTO-CREATURE FEATURE REVIEWS IN FORTEAN TIMES!

SHARING SOME MONSTROUSLY-ENTERTAINING CRYPTO-CREATURE F...

 Front cover of the current issue (#446, dated July 2024) of the British monthly...

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AN OYSTER-SCALED ODDITY FROM BRAZIL

AN OYSTER-SCALED ODDITY FROM BRAZIL

 Is this what Lerius's big white Brazilian lizard looked like? My opalescent igu...

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HIDING FROM THE HIDE? EERIE DEEPSEA ENCOUNTERS WITH ABYSSAL ABOMINATIONS

HIDING FROM THE HIDE? EERIE DEEPSEA ENCOUNTERS WITH ABY...

 A photo-still from Encounter In The Abyss by Richard Svensson, depicting the na...

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PUBLISHED TODAY, MY BRAND-NEW 35TH BOOK - 'SHUKERNATURE BOOK 4:  TIJUANA'S ZEBRAS, TURKANA'S DANCING WORMS, AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE BLOG BEASTS'

PUBLISHED TODAY, MY BRAND-NEW 35TH BOOK - 'SHUKERNATURE...

 Featuring a vintage, suitably terrifying illustration of Wisconsin's hideous ho...

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A FORMER FOXY FRIEND?

A FORMER FOXY FRIEND?

 Reconstruction of the likely appearance in life of the officially-extinct Argen...

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PUTTING THE QUEENSLAND TIGER AND THE CONGOLESE WATER ELEPHANT IN THE PICTURE!

PUTTING THE QUEENSLAND TIGER AND THE CONGOLESE WATER EL...

 My illustration of the Queensland tiger aka the yarri, which I prepared as a te...

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FINDING THE FEATHERED LIONS OF LARRY HAGMAN – AGAIN!

FINDING THE FEATHERED LIONS OF LARRY HAGMAN – AGAIN!

 Did American actor Larry Hagman see something like this during his 'trip'? My ...

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Waitangi Day (New Zealand National day): celebrating NZ land animals

Waitangi Day (New Zealand National day): celebrating NZ...

Waitangi Day (Te Rā o Waitangi) is the national day of New Zealand marking the a...

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Introducing a new Associate Editor for Journal of Zoology – Tessa Plint

Introducing a new Associate Editor for Journal of Zoolo...

I am a stable isotope scientist and ecologist. Broadly, I am interested in how w...

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Living solitary is neither easy nor primitive

Living solitary is neither easy nor primitive

Makuya, L. and Schradin, C. (2024). Costs and benefits of solitary living in mam...

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Species in the Spotlight: Frogs

Species in the Spotlight: Frogs

This March we celebrate frogs for World Frog Day (March 20th). The diversity of ...

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Carrion converging: Skull shape predicts feeding ecology in vultures

Carrion converging: Skull shape predicts feeding ecolog...

Steinfield, K.R., Felice, R.N., Kirchner, M.E. and Knapp, A. (2024). Carrion con...

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Sound production by the short-beaked echidna

Sound production by the short-beaked echidna

Cooper, C.E., Erbe, C., Withers, P.C., Barker, J.M., Ball, N. and Todd-Jones, L....

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The Pink-Caped Fairy Living Underground

The Pink-Caped Fairy Living Underground

Krmpotic, C.M., Scarano, A.C., Andrés Laube, P.F., Ciancio, M.R., Loza, C.M., Ac...

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Scaling of Sense Organs that Control Flight: Size and Sensory Cell Number of Dipteran Fly Halteres

Scaling of Sense Organs that Control Flight: Size and S...

Simmons, P.J. (2024). Scaling of sense organs that control flight: Size and sens...

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More than one way to eat a mouse

More than one way to eat a mouse

Warburton, N.M., Withers, P.C. and Martin, M. (2024). More than one way to eat a...

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THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY REVIEW: Characterizing personalized ecologies

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY REVIEW: Characterizing personalized...

Prof. Kevin J. Gaston, Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exe...

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