What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? Well, everything, actually!
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.
- Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French ...
- Man smashed gull into wall, killing it, for steali...
- Shorebird haven threatened by tourist resort
- Site of planned Hunter coal plant is endangered bi...
- Endangered birds threatening to derail the $2billi...
- Crucial milestone for critically endangered bird
- Put eggs all in one basket, or spread them around?...
- Biologists experimentally trigger adaptive radiati...
- Most microbes in hummingbird feeders do not pose h...
- Protecting small forests fails to protect bird bio...
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