On February 22, 2007, New Zealand authorities announced that a Colossal Squid measuring 10 meters long and 450 kilograms in weight had been caught be fishermen in the freezing Antarctic waters of the Ross Sea. It was brought to the surface as it fed on a Patagonian toothfish that had been caught off a long line. The specimen eclipsed the previous largest find in 2003 by about 150 kilograms, but this is still considerably shorter [...]

Reporting findings that help shape our understanding of how tool use has evolved among primates, researchers have discovered evidence that chimpanzees, at least under some conditions, are capable of habitually fashioning and using tools to hunt mammalian prey. The work, reported by Jill Pruetz of Iowa State University and Paco Bertolani of the University of Cambridge, will appear online in the journal Current Biology on February 22nd. Chimpanzees are well known for their ingenuity in [...]

This is an old story from 2003, but seems to be making the rounds again and some people seem to think it is a new sighting from 2007. The truth behind the story is a little bit bizarre, but it seems that an amateur cameraman caught the object in the English countryside. I say English countryside as the video and story was first aired on Seven News in Australia. Make what you will of these [...]

The CFZ have released a new book Big Bird! – Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters, telling the story of modern day sightings of monster birds such as the Thunderbird, Kongamato and Ropen. CFZ press release: 30 years ago; in 1977 something incredible happened to the Rio Grande area of Texas. For several months it seemed as if it’s inhabitants were suddenly living in a horror novel or a 1950′s B-movie. Something was killing livestock in [...]

On February the 1st, a pattern of strange lights were seen over Islington and Archway in London. The story in the Islington Gazette reports, 10 to 15 lights were seen moving in a southerly direction before stopping, hovering for about ten minuets and then moving up into the sky and out of sight. Now there is a video of the lights, which to me still looks like another balloon and light stunt, what’s your thought? [...]

A French-led marine expedition team has discovered what is believed to be thousands of new species of molluscs and crustaceans around a Philippine island. The announcement was made by officials and scientists on Monday. Some 80 scientists, technicians, students and volunteers from 19 countries led by Philippe Bouchet of the French National Museum of Natural History surveyed waters around Panglao island, 400 miles south-east of Manila from 2004-2005. The Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project turned over [...]

Residents in Islngton and Archway (London) spotted dozens of mysterious lights in the sky on Thursday evening, which appears to have caused a bit of panic. A story in the Islington Gazette reports 10 to 15 lights were seen moving in a southerly direction before stopping, hovering for about ten minuets and then moving up into the sky and out of sight. Local Police contacted the Oxford-based Contact International UFO Research group who said they [...]