At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.

Saturday, 11 July 2026

DINOSAUR CAUGHT ON CAMERA?

Could one still exist?





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STRANGE CREATURES OF THE OZARKS

A look at some specimens.


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COULD MAMMOTH HAVE SURVIVED?

Does he still trundle the Earth?





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DID THEY SPOT BIGFOOT?

Incident in Pennsylvania.





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DARWIN AND THE MONSTERS

Darwin and cryptozoology.


Charles Darwin



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DACHSHUND ADOPTS PIGLET

 A good example of cross-species cooperation.





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CEPHUS

This is a curious beast, brought out of Ethiopia by Pliny, according to the zoologist Pliny.  It looked like a fox, its forefeet resembled human hands and its back legs, including feet, resembled a human's. I cannot begin to guess what it was like, but a specimen was apparently produced by Pompey the Great.  My surmise is that it was simply some kind of of canid with deformed legs.  When we speak of Ethiopia, we have to bear in mind that Roman geographers used the term somewhat loosely.


Pliny