Due to its lofty height, the Tibetan Plateau features some of the harshest environments in the
world with extreme coldness, low oxygen, high UV radiation, and in places, severe aridity …

In a recent article, Struck et al.[1] aimed at finding evolutionary processes hidden in cryptic
species. They provided a broad overview on the different usage of the term 'cryptic species' …

Although anecdotally associated with local bears (Ursus arctos and U. thibetanus), the exact
identity of 'hominid'-like creatures important to folklore and mythology in the Tibetan Plateau …

It has been suggested that the American black bear (Ursus americanus) may be responsible
for a significant number of purported sightings of an alleged unknown species of hominid in …

We reply to two recently published, multi-authored opinion papers by opponents of
sequence-based nomenclature, namely Zamora et al.(IMA Fungus 9: 167–175, 2018) and …

Cryptozoology seeks to study 'hidden animals' by separating 'metaphors and similes' from
possible underlying insight. Variously described as a science, pseudoscience, or fringe field …

" Отзыв:«Происхождение человека—животрепещущая тема в эволюционной биологии,
особенно с точки зрения широкой публики. Мифов в этой области больше, чем где бы …

This joint Editorial is uncustomary but motivated by the authors' shared concern about the
problem of scientism, ie, the excessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge or …

Research into the relationship between leaf form and climate over the last century has
revealed that, in many species, the sizes and shapes of leaf characters exhibit highly …

In an article published a little over a decade ago (Betteridge, 2009), the journalist Ian
Betteridge offered some scathing comments about a piece published a few days earlier in …