Cryptos

Cryptozoology (from the Greek κρυπτος cryptos ‘occult’, ζωος zoos ‘animal’ and λογος logos ‘study’; literally: ‘study of hidden animals’) attempts to prove the existence of extinct, mythological or folkloric animals. Between science and legend Although many call it pseudoscience, cryptozoology, as defined in 1955 by zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans, to whom the invention of the term […]