Skeptophilia

Friday's post, about alleged sightings of a Bigfoot-like creature in Kent, England, prompted a loyal reader of Skeptophilia  to send me ...

Starfish are odd creatures in just about every respect. They belong to a phylum called Echinodermata , which is Greek for "spiny skin...

There's something compelling about a story with no definitive answers.  It's no wonder a lot of our favorite works of fiction have a...

It's been a while since we've looked at anything of a cryptozoological nature here at Skeptophilia , so I'd like to rectify that...

One of the coolest things about writing Skeptophilia has been the connections I've made with other skeptics.  The friendly comments, an...

I spend a lot of time railing against the idiotic things humans sometimes do, and heaven knows that's a fertile field to till.  But it...

Because evidently my generally abysmal opinion of the intelligence of the human species isn't low enough, yesterday a loyal reader sent ...