Encounters with the giant oarfish—the world's largest bony fish—may have inspired sailors to tell tales about fantastical sea serpents. London Natural History Museum Mermaids, sea serpents, manatees ...

When it comes to fantasy, mythical creatures are a given. Specifically, dragons are a given. Sometimes, a unicorn or two will pop up, but fantasy has a real thing for dragons. And while giant flying ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...

Have you ever imagined if creatures such as dragons, unicorns, or mermaids were actually a product of pure imagination? What if they originated from somewhere more real? Through the ages, human ...

Delve into the stuff of legends at a new exhibit in Philadelphia. “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids” opens Feb. 16 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in ...

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 ...

A fisherman sailing the Norwegian Sea has found an array of terrifying sea creatures that look like they swam straight out of a horror movie. Roman Fedortsov, 39, often posts photos of the rare fish ...