1st Edition

Folklore and Zoology

By Floe Foxon Copyright 2025
121 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

121 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

A scientific excursion into folklore, zoology, and cryptozoology, this text highlights a field, often called a pseudoscience, which seriously considers the possible existence of hidden or unknown animals not recognised in conventional zoology. Folklore and Zoology accessibly reviews the science of DNA samples; film and photograph analysis; hair and footprint examination; and the statistics... Read more

Forewords

Chapter 1. Introduction to Folklore & Zoology

Chapter 2. Primates.

Chapter 3. Big Cats.

Chapter 4. Birds.

Chapter 5. Other Terrestrial Animals.

Chapter 6. Lake ‘Monsters’.

Chapter 7. Sea ‘Serpents’.

Chapter 8. Conclusion to Folklore & Zoology.

Index

Biography

Floe Foxon is an interdisciplinary scientist with a BSc (Hons) in Physics with Astronomy from the University of Nottingham. Floe has peer-reviewed publications on a wide range of topics from the structure of the Sun and stars, the impact of e-cigarettes on public health, the use of machine learning techniques in paleontology and cryptography, and statistical approaches to the study of animals in folklore. Floe has presented research at scientific conferences internationally, has industry experience as a data scientist, and is currently pursuing an MSc in Data Science (Statistics) from the University of Leeds. Floe's research has appeared in New Scientist, Science News, and Popular Mechanics.