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Another Cryptid at the Oscars?

Meet the Aurochs, the fabled "beasts" from Benh Zeitlin's mystical drama Beasts Of The Southern Wild, in this featurette.

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More on Camel Spiders and Other Alleged Giant Spiders

Amazing arachnids in Vietnam...

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Woolly Mammoth Filmed in 1943?

Is this real footage of a Woolly Mammoth filmed in Siberia in 1943?

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The Dragons of Oceania

Dragons belonging to the wingless but quadrupedal classical category are most closely associated with Europe, but some have been reported far away from that continent.

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Giant Black Unicorns, a Chinese Quasi-Rhino Figurine, and the Enigma of...

A very considerable number of unicorn varieties have been differentiated in legends and folklore from around the world – everything from shape-shifting were-unicorns, carnivorous rabbit unicorns, polar...

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Dung-Heaps, Devil-Pigs, and Monckton’s Gazeka

With an area of more than 340,000 square miles, New Guinea is second only to Greenland as the largest island in the world (Australia is bigger than both but is officially deemed an island continent,...

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Hunters Encounter A Frightening Bear Monster

With the help of a GPS tracking system they installed, the team is on the run, from start to finish, during the midnight hunt.

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Alaska Monsters: The Northern Giant

Todd and Rhett build a big, bad trap to catch an even bigger and badder predator. The team is on the run from start to finish during the Midnight Hunt with the help of a GPS tracking system they install.

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Alaska Monsters: The Alaskan Tiger

Hot on the trail of Alaska’s Tiger, Todd devises a Blow Gun Trap, while Levi figures out a way to wirelessly trigger it. The team must take to the marsh after a creature that legend says gets a black...

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Photographic Evidence of the White Death Monster

The team heads north to the outskirts of the deserted town of Paxson, Alaska, to investigate sightings of a huge feline roaming the area. Legend has it the area is inhabited by a vicious, white tiger...

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Sasquatch Like Bacon and Other Interesting Monsters! Facts

The San Diego Museum of Man has a new Monsters Exhibit showcasing different monsters from around the world and the history behind them.

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Caterpillar Bears, Bulldog Bears, and God Bears – Ursine Cryptids of Kamchatka

In spring 1987, amid the far northeastern Kamchatka peninsula region of what was then the Soviet Union but is now Russia, hunter Rodion Sivolobov obtained the skin of a giant white bear. To most eyes,...

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Steller’s Secret Fauna – Gargantuan Sea-Cows, Inaccessible Sea-Ravens, and...

Dr Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German physician and naturalist participating during the early 1740s in the last of Danish explorer Vitus Bering's Russian expeditions to the Arctic waters (now called...

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Exploring American Monsters: Alaska

Alaska is big. At 663,300 square miles, it’s about the size of Germany, Poland, and France. That’s a lot of open area for bear, moose, and killer whales, but it’s also a haven for monsters.

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The Last of the Irish Elks?

One of the most spectacular members of the Eurasian Pleistocene megafauna was the Irish elk Megaloceros giganteus. Formally described in 1799, it is also aptly known as the giant deer, as its largest...

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Megalania – A Monster Still Among Us?

Is it feasible that the subtropical rainforests of Australia are home to gigantic, marauding lizards of twenty to thirty feet in length? Could such Jurassic Park-like beasts really remain hidden,...

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A Manifestation of Monsters is Here!

I'm delighted to announce that my latest book, A Manifestation of Monsters: Examining the (Un)Usual Subjects, is now in print, published by Anomalist Books. It contains a superb foreword by my good...

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Missing in Alaska Marathon Tonight!

Excited to announce another Missing in Alaska marathon runs this Wednesday on H2 Network! Beginning @6pm EST, the six episode event will feature three entirely new episodes, highlighting some iconic...

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The Yukon Beaver Eater, and Ground Sloths in New Zealand?

When we think of sloths, we generally picture those famously sluggish, dog-sized, tree-dwelling beasts that spend much of their time hanging upside-down from branches in modern-day Central and South...

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Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ resurrects giant extinct ape

In remake, King Louie character is a Gigantopithecus, not an orangutan

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