North American Wood Ape Conservancy
Dedicated to proving the existence of the animal commonly referred to as Bigfoot.
Listen to the unrelenting Brian Brown, as he accompanies the TBRC in June/July 2007 during an Operation Forest Vigil camera-trap maintenance trip in Southeast Texas. Brian turned his field-recorded interviews from the event into a podcast entitled BIPcast 5: Bigfoot in Read More
To a great number of Texans, the mere mention of the “Trans-Texas Corridor” evokes a strong reaction. Indeed, it’s not uncommon when driving along a Texas highway through rural communities in Central and East Texas to see large signs posted Read More
In an interesting June 2008 BioScience paper, authors McKelvey, Aubry and Schwartz, USDA Forest Service scientists, liken anecdotal evidence to an illusion of reality. Specifically, they suggest that anecdotal statements regarding the occurrence of rare or elusive animal species, sometimes Read More
The title of this news article is actually a quote from Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, of FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s Indian affairs department: “This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence.” Meirelles was referring Read More
Recently we learned about some orangutans that showed a proclivity for swimming and fishing. Now we have another example of fishing primates. Researchers recently observed a group of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) engaging in fishing behavior. The species had been Read More
The Big Thicket Association recently published another brief update regarding the six-term Congressman Kevin Brady (R – 8th District of Texas) and his efforts at enhancing the 100,000-acre Big Thicket National Preserve. According to the piece, the congressman has filed Read More
This year, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, a new minor league baseball AA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, proudly announced the arrival of their new mascot, “Strike,” a baseball-loving bigfoot from somewhere in the Ozarks. As explained on the team’s website, Read More
The great apes, particularly orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus – Bornean; Pongo abelii – Sumatran), continue to exhibit behavior that is truly amazing. Recently, orangutans were observed by naturalists swimming across a river to gain access to their favorite fruit. Orangutans, like Read More
In the April 2008 As the Woodpecker Flies update from Cornell University, researchers involved with the search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (IBW) report that aerial surveys proved to be an unproductive approach to documenting large woodpeckers. As stated in the Read More
