Monsters of the Deep: Submarine Attacked by Giant Sharks at a Depth of 2500 Feet GregWednesday, November 8th How would you like to be trapped in a tin can at the bottom of the ocean with 6-metre-long sharks ramming you (note: not 'six metre-long sharks'...but sharks t... 0 Comments0 min read
Earth is an Alien Planet: Cuttlefish Disguise Themselves as Crabs to Catch Prey GregMonday, June 5th What kind of nightmare alien planet do we live on? Last week we looked at wasps performing neurosurgery on cockroaches, this week it's cuttlefish pretending... 3 Comments1 min read
Jewel Wasps are Neurosurgeons Who Zombify Cockroaches So Their Babies Can Eat Them From the Inside Out GregThursday, May 25th "It's not brain surgery you know". That phrase (along with "it's not rocket science") is often used to denote a simple act, as compared to the recognised diffic... 2 Comments3 min read
Meet a Man Who Has Devoted His Life to Searching for the Loch Ness Monster GregWednesday, February 8th Steve Feltham has been a full-time hunter of the legendary Loch Ness Monster for 25 years. While skeptics might bemoan a person spending so much of their li... 0 Comments0 min read
Know Your Cryptids Wall Chart GregFriday, January 20th Got a weird supernatural beastie lurking in the shadows beyond your porch? Keen for your kids to pursue cryptozoology as a career? Looking to land a fortune... 2 Comments0 min read
Help Cryptozoology Legend Loren Coleman Get Back on His Feet GregTuesday, November 29th Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman is one of the few 'living legends' of Fortean studies - he's been involved in research on Bigfoot and other beasties for over ... 1 Comment1 min read
A Murmuration of Starlings: Is It a Flock of Millions, or a Single Organism? GregSunday, November 27th One topic that has always fascinated me is how an organism emerges from many smaller parts. We are made of billions of individual cells (with their own indi... 3 Comments1 min read
The Werewolf: Examining the History Behind One of the Most Enduring Monster Myths GregThursday, October 27th The following is just one of many fascinating articles in Darklore Volume 9 (available from Amazon US and Amazon UK). More information about all of the articles... 1 Comment25 min read
Bug Brain: Bumblebees Can Learn a Complex New Task Just By Watching Others Do It GregWednesday, October 12th We've mentioned this in the news briefs, but just in case any of you skimmed over it and missed the story, this mind-blowing story is worth pulling out: res... 1 Comment1 min read
Sasquatch By Any Other Name…Is Just A Man? Martin J. ClemensTuesday, January 26th Bigfoot is perhaps the most famous mythological creature in human history, and there are many people making it their life’s business to seek out all infor... 5 Comments6 min read