A mysterious whale behavior that was only recently observed by scientists may explain seemingly fantastical historical accounts of sea monsters, according to a study. Researchers found evidence that ...

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 ...

Some of these creatures were once thought to be myths, as many seafarers have recorded sightings of sea beasts like the giant kraken and the ship-drowning leviathan. Imagine the creatures lurking ...

Tales of Kraken first appeared in Scandinavian folklore and Norse mythology as early as the year 1180, when it was first recorded by King Sverre of Norway. The Kraken was said to be the largest ...

As a Potterhead, there’s nothing you can teach me about mythical creatures, magic, and fantasy. But it turns out the many creatures of Hogwarts are just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s look at 17 of the ...

A digital reconstruction of a humpback whale trap feeding, a behavior with striking similarities to the feeding habits of the "hafgufa" described in medieval Norse texts. John McCarthy, Flinders ...

In an age of exhausting AI-generated videos and manipulated images purporting to showcase real marine life that have never been seen by human eyes, it's easy to forget that there are actually ...