Karl Shuker

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Dr. Karl P. N. Shuker (born 1959) is a British zoologist living in the West Midlands, England. He is currently working as a full-time freelance zoological consultant, media consultant, and author, specializing in cryptozoology, for which he regularly travels worldwide and appears frequently on television and radio.

1 Academic
2 Career
3 Trivia
4 Books
5 Consultant/Contributor
6 External links

[edit] Academic

Shuker has a BSc/Honours in pure zoology from the University of Leeds and a PhD in zoology and comparative physiology from the University of Birmingham. He is a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Member of the International Society of Cryptozoology and a member of the Society of Authors

[edit] Career

Shuker has authored 12 books and many hundreds of articles. Aside from his own publications, Dr. Shuker pens two regular cryptozoological columns ('Alien Zoo' and 'The Lost Ark') in Fortean Times, is a contributing editor and cryptozoological columnist for Strange Magazine, is a regular contributor to Fate and related publications. In addition, he is the zoological consultant for the world's bestselling non-Bible book, Guinness World Records.

He has acted as a consultant for several television specials and series too, including Discovery TV's Into the Unknown. He has also served as a question setter for the BBC's cerebral quiz show Mastermind.

[edit] Trivia

In November 2001, Shuker became a £250,000 prize winner on the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Curiously enough, in January 2006 another British cryptozoologist and author of books on the unusual, James Plaskett, was to win the same amount on the show.

[edit] Books

Mystery Cats of the World (1989), Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7090-3706-6
Extraordinary Animals Worldwide (1991), Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7090-4421-6
The Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the 20th Century (1993), HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-219943-2
Dragons - A Natural History (1995), Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-81443-9
In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (1995), Blandford, ISBN 0-7137-2469-2
The Unexplained (1996), Carlton Books, ISBN 1-85868-186-3
From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings (1997), Llewellyn, ISBN 1-56718-673-4
Mysteries of Planet Earth (1999), Carlton Books, ISBN 1-85868-679-2
The Hidden Powers of Animals, (2001), Reader's Digest, ISBN 0-7621-0328-0
The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century (2002), House of Stratus, ISBN 1-84232-561-2
The Beasts That Hide From Man (2003), Paraview, ISBN 1-931044-64-3
Dragons: A Natural History (2006) Taschen