Richard Ellis, who often found himself quoted on cryptozoology reality programming, died. Richard Ellis was an American marine biologist, author, and illustrator. He was a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History’s division of paleontology, special adviser to the American Cetacean Society, and a member of the Explorers Club. Despite no formal training in marine biology, painting or writing, his paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, and his murals can be seen in the Denver Museum of Natural History, the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, and Whaleworld, a museum in Albany, Western Australia. He has authored and illustrated [...]