It was understandable that this animal from Australia was believed to be fantastical given its duckbilled face, webbed feet, and body of a beaver.

9 Mythical Creatures That Were Inspired by Real Prehistoric Animals. Edward Clark. June 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM. Copied; ... The Bunyip, a legendary Australian water monster, ...

Chasing mythical or mysterious animals grabs media headlines and spurs debates, but it can also lead to remarkable discoveries. The recent photographing of a live night parrot in Western Australia ...

Our new study, published in Australian Mammalogy today, has achieved a breakthrough: using thermal drones to detect these rare animals with unprecedented efficiency. ... near-mythical creatures.

A significant number of Australian fairy tales did eventually import fairies, elves, and witches into the bush. These characters were often depicted alongside native Australian animals and plants ...

Epic events like the Cup demand there be heroes and there is no horse more heroic than Phar Lap, so ingrained in Australian mythology that he forms the basis of a question in the Australian ...

The bittern is one of the only figures to cross over from Aborignal Australian mythology to that of the early European settlers It doesn’t look particularly fierce, but this little bird’s ancestors ...

Australian mythology is full of stories of mysterious creatures stalking the bush from the Grampians panther to the bunyip and the infamous yowie ...

Mythical Creatures: Dragons, ... The exhibit is organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, in collaboration with the Australian National Maritime Museum, ...