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Mokele-Mbembe is a legendary creature of African folklore that is rumored to inhabit Congo's remote swamps. Here's the story of this dinosaur-like cryptid.

Anti-vaxxers like presidential candidate RFK Jr demand debates from scientists and doctors. Experts say that to give in would be irresponsible.

The former president made the remarks while delivering a speech at the North Carolina Republican party convention.

The skeptics society is a nonprofit organization that investigates extraordinary claims and promotes science and critical thinking.

Recent sightings of the Loch Ness monster have led to renewed speculation about its origins

Apatosaurus was a sauropod of spectacular proportions. But there's a debate raging for decades about whether its genus should cancel out the Brontosaurus.

Perhaps it is human psychology rather than nature that has sustained the idea of Nessie since the 1930s, writes Charles Paxton.

Recent sightings of the Loch Ness monster have led to renewed speculation about its origins

Back in January, thinking about science topics to add to the book-in-progress, it occurred to me that I would really be letting down SteelyKid (and pre-schoolers everywhere) if I didn't take the opportunity to include something about dinosaurs. The problem with that, of course, is that I know next to nothing about dinosaurs, especially discoveries made since, say, 1981 or so.

"Cryptids" are animals whose existence is unproven, but we sure do love to believe in them.