Catching Cryptids: The Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures

Catching Cryptids considers how scientific tools might be used to investigate mysterious creatures, from the kraken and Mothman to microbats. It notes that a giant squid, once treated as mythical, was photographed alive in 2004. The book connects creature histories with fields of science and introduces tools such as cameras, underwater robots, drones, bioacoustics, forensic analysis, sensors, and airborne DNA. It covers more than forty-five creatures from land, water, and sky.