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Mermaids are not real, but are meaningful to people around the world.
Scientists are left with two conclusions. Either Nessie is an eel, or she never existed at all.
In defence of ‘cryptozoologists’: we have a lot to learn from their curiosity and sense of wonder.
Searching for animals thought to be extinct – or fictional – is difficult, painstaking and often disappointing. But new technology like drones offer hope of a boom in biological discovery.
The Night Parrot has been called the “world’s most mysterious bird”. First discovered in 1845, it was rarely seen alive for most of the next hundred and seventy years, but it has been rediscovered in 2013…
The recent DNA testing of two hairs, purportedly from a yeti, has raised a lot of public interest. Does the evidence really show that yetis exist? Well, not just yet. The test looked at mitochondrial DNA…
Drop bears (Thylarctos plummetus) are a species of carnivorous Australian marsupial, renowned for preying on tourists in the bush. Infamous for their mode of attack, new technology is now shedding light…
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 pick…
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Endeavour Research Fellow, Post-doctoral scholar, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania
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Research Director and Curator, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, CSIRO
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Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cambridge
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Reader in Cultural History, Newcastle University
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Cortland
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Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University
