Saturday, 15 March 2014

NEW TINY T-REX FOUND.

NANUQAURUR HOGLUNDI -is the  name  of a dinosaur found by experts .After anaalysis of fossilised skull found in Alaska -it is believed this dinosaur was half the size of a t-rex and reflected the scarer resources in the region.T-rex fossils are  normally found in the low to mid-latitudes 0f North America  and  Asia.

NEW CROCODILE DINOSAUR SPECIES FOUND.

KOUMPIODONTOSUCHUS APROSDOKITI-new species of crocodile dinosaur discoverd by studying 2 fossilised skull fragments of 2cm(60cm) long-found on Isle of Wright.The pieces  were a snout and back part of skull  and found 3 months apart.The dinosaur museum near sundown  fitted the 126 million year old pieces together to make a complete skull.

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Cryptid. Scripted.

READ MOREThe plot of Cryptid: The Swamp Beast is fiction based on real sightings and weird events, but it’s a story nonetheless. Some of the people are actors, others are local people who help carry the narrative. But the show also features actual eyewitness interviews and experts weighing in throughout the dramatization that give the series real-world context." This is how the History Channel website describes the new cryptozoology adventure, capitalizing on the success of shows like Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot (who persistently remains unfound) and their infamous hoax, Mermaids: The New Evidence, as well as adding to the ever-growing cache of Louisiana-based reality-like shows, like their own hit series Swamp People-http://www.the-trades.com/articles/2014/03/06/cryptid-scripted

Vt. aquarium celebrates lake monster legend

read moreBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Lake Champlain's ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington, Vt. is hosting a celebration for the lake monster of legend known as Champ. ECHO's CHAMPFEST will feature a history of Champ sightings, portrayals of the creature and more information about the field of cryptozoology. The center says visitors will have a chance to draw Champ and make masks. At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday there will be a story hour for guests 6 and under. Through Sunday, ECHO will show their film about the famous photo by Sandra Mansi that reportedly catches Champ surfacing in the lake. The 1977 photo by Mansi is on public display for the first time-http://www.chron.com/news/article/Vt-aquarium-celebrates-lake-monster-legend-5280148.php

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Nearly 200 New Species of Parasitic Wasps Discovered in Costa Rica

Among the many animals that make their living off of other species, parasitic wasps are especially cunning. They inject other insects' larvae and eggs with their own eggs. When they hatch, the larval wasps gradually eat their victims from the inside out.
Now, with the help of ordinary Costa Ricans, scientists have discovered nearly 200 new species of these tiny killers in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in the country's northwest corner, with expectations that 20,000 more are waiting to be described.
The research, published last week in the journal ZooKeys, greatly expands the number of species in the genus Apanteles—parasitic wasps that prey on caterpillars.read more