"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

A triceratops skull may have served to generate tales about a griffin, a mythical creature with the body, tail and back legs of a lion, eagle’s talons as its front feet, and the beak-like head and ...

Before microscopes and satellites, the unknown world was a canvas for myth. When ancient explorers discovered fossils, ...

A new exhibit at HistoryMiami in downtown Miami explores the origins of mythical creatures such as mermaids, sea monsters, unicorns and even local creatures of lore like the Skunk Ape and Chupacabra.

Dragons, double-headed rats and blood-drinking sword-wielding tigers; Black Myth: Wukong is filled with fantastical creatures, known as Yaoguai, who have their origin in Chinese Mythology, and ...

A group of rare Asian butterflies, which have once inspired an association with Hindu mythological creatures, have been quite a chaos for the experts. In fact, their systematics turned out so ...

Sam George has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is the convener of the Open Graves, Open Minds research group who organised the Nosferatu at 100 The Vampire as ...

The vulgar woodland spirits known as satyrs remain popular in modern works such as "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" and Disney's "Hercules." But the depiction ...

Dragons terrorize Westeros on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and can be transformed into lovable pets on “How to Train Your Dragon.” But the legend of the beast dates back tens of thousands of years. In a ...