Many legendary creatures may have surprisingly ordinary origins rooted in misunderstood animals and fossils. The basilisk likely emerged from exaggerated descriptions of cobras, whose upright posture ...

High up in the trees in the tropical rainforests of Australia and New Guinea, extremely rare animals called tree kangaroos spend their days navigating the dense vegetation and snacking on leaves. For ...

When the animal kingdom met the artistic imagination, the result was a whole zoo full of fantastical creatures from dragons to unicorns, phoenixes to sphinxes. These strange mythological beasts haven ...

"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 ...

Massive mythical Mexican creatures call Fernbank Forest home right now, thanks to the newest exhibit at Fernbank Museum—Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures. “All of the animals that we have are a ...

Per press release, “Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante has spent his life tracking and rediscovering animals ‘lost’ to extinction, from his historic rediscovery of the Fernandina Tortoise to the ...

The first Marvel solo-feature about an Asian American superhero, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which hits Disney+ on Friday, is an origin story that introduces plenty of new characters ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Anastasiia and Gleb are the founders of Gift of Mercury, a handmade-toy company that specializes in whimsical "Mercurians." These are fantasy creatures such as dragons, ...