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Chester Moore Jr. is an award-winning author/conservationist. He is a widely recognized and respected wildlife journalist, lecturer, and field researcher. A lifelong outdoorsman and naturalist, Moore has launched several zoological expeditions, ranging from the wilds of Canada to the Louisiana Bayou to jungles South America, in search of such elusive beasts as the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker and the Hairy-Hominid known colloquially as Bigfoot.

Read: Cryptologic Radio: Chester Moore Jr. »

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The Complete Bibliography. Wikipedia does not have the full list. Here’s my attempt.

Read: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List »

To believers, doubters, even skeptics, Bigfoot makes a big impression.

Read: On The Trail of Bigfoot »

Is the legend of Bigfoot (a.k.a. Sasquatch) little more than a stubborn myth? For the dirt on the doubters, Discovery News contacted Benjamin Radford, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, who was more than happy to rattle off the top 10 reasons Bigfoot is bogus.

Read: Radford’s Top Ten Reasons Bigfoot’s a Bust »

Cryptomundo has been asked to participate in io9’s Cryptid Summer by io9 Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz.

This summer, io9 is going cryptozoological. We’re offering a $2000 bounty to the person who sends us the best authentic photo or video of a “cryptid,” or mystery animal. And that’s just the beginning of Cryptid Summer.

Read: io9’s Cryptid Summer »

New evidence reinforces the confirmation that the long-thought-extinct bird has been rediscovered. Images.

Read: New Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Proof! »

Periodically, Bigfoot’s bLog conducts lengthy email interviews with prominent and interesting figures in the Bigfooting world, trying to get to the bottom of the personal aspects of The Quest for our favorite Hairy Hominoid. Richard “Rip” Lyttle, originally from Maryland, has spent so much time in the woods, seeking Bigfoot and the elusive, once-“extinct” Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, that his personality and ideas sometimes seem to have blended with the nature of his quarry. Read an excerpt here featuring one of Rip’s Bigfoot encounters. Find links to the full interview and photos here as well.

Read: Long-Time Bigfooter and Cryptozoologist, Richard “Rip” Lyttle »

James T. Tanner’s photographs of the ivory-billed woodpecker with guide J.J. Kuhn were believed to be the only pictures of a living nestling.

Eight newfound negatives provide fresh views of the young ivory-billed woodpecker.

Read: A Close Encounter With the Rarest Bird »

A flashback discussion: Yes, patience is a virtue, as is trust in fellow cryptozoologists, hominologists, and Cryptomundo readers. Images.

Read: Johor Juggernaut »

What about it? Which ones do you like, personally? Images.

Read: What’s Your Favorite “Celebrity Cryptid”? »

What impact will this have on the claimed images?

Read: “IBW Photographer” Faces Unrelated Charges – UPDATED »

News of some positive results in the search for this long-thought extinct species has been released.

Read: Living Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Photographed!????? »

Kayaker Gene Sparling says he spotted the bird Feb. 11, 2004, and Cornell University experts made subsequent sightings. Starting on December 6, 2008, new searches begin.

Read: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: The Search Continues »

The following is the uncropped version of the photograph, via the BBC: A lost bird returns. The Caatinga Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) had not been seen since its discovery in 1926 when Advaldo do Prado came across this one in eastern central Brazil. The country has more globally threatened species than any other. (Image: Guilherme R […]

Read: More on Caatinga Woodpecker »

Photo by Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal Allan Mueller of The Nature Conservancy trolls through Bayou DeView in east Arkansas, where there were several ivory-billed woodpeckers sighted in 2004. The continuing search has been fruitless — and expensive — with development projects delayed. “We’ve got to get a picture,” he says. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis […]

Read: As Elusive As Bigfoot »