Explore the real-life inspirations behind legendary creatures like mermaids, Kraken, Pouakai, dragons, unicorns, and Roc. These mythical beings may have roots in actual animals like manatees, giant ...

Medieval Europeans believed in a wide range of strange and mythical creatures, many of which were recorded in bestiaries.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Amid the myriad legitimate questions to ask about the new “Mythic Creatures” exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, one stands out: In what ...

In many cultures, creatures like sea serpents, griffins, and dragons were more than legends; their existence seemed a provable fact. An exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Science explains the real ...

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 ...

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 ...

Often referred to in the sailor folklore, were even reported by Christopher Columbus, who claimed to have seen three with masculine faces. These creatures, however, were manatees and their close ...