Plate-sized Spider Found in Mekong The Australian

The World Wildlife Fund has sent researchers into the vast Mekong watershed, sparsely investigated by researchers due to wars and territorial disputes. The researchers have discovered a fantastic menagerie of animals and insects, as well as many previously unknown plants. What does such a large number of discoveries have to say about the search for beasts rumored to exist in out-of-the-way locations around the world and considered to be cryptids? Meanwhile, a strange new activity performed by a well-known animal species is reported in Orangutan's Spontaneous Whistling Opens New Chapter in Study of Evolution of Speech.

Puerto Rico Searches for Panther Prowling Suburbs The Canadian Press

Big cat sightings have been an ongoing thing in the United States and Great Britain. Now comes a report of a large panther-like cat attacking livestock and pets on the island of Puerto Rico. Is this large cat a former pet, escaped from someone's menagerie, or did it make its way to the island as a stowaway?