"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 ...

From Brothers Grimm to Neil Gaiman, folklore and mythology continues to be celebrated and enjoyed to this day. Because there is so much symbolism involved with each fantasy being, it’s time to discuss ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Roger Williams Park Zoo celebrated the opening of a new exhibit Dragons & Mythical Creatures on Tuesday. Zoo officials said the new exhibit features 60 life-sized dragons ...

Journey to the West’s most well known character is arguably Sun Wukong, the monkey king who joins the monk on his pilgrimage to retrieve sacred buddhist texts in the Chinese novel. For English ...

A tourism group says it's running the largest search for Nessie in decades. Monster hunters, assemble! The Loch Ness Centre announced it's set to begin the biggest search in over 50 years for the ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE − A new exhibit, Dragons & Mythical Creatures, opened Sunday at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. The exhibit runs through Aug. 11 and brings visitors on "a mythical journey where folklore meets ...

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 ...

These creatures often represent deeper themes, such as the balance between good and evil, the power of nature, and the ...

The Roman historian Sallustius, also known as Sallust, hit on a crystalline formulation to describe concepts that we know to be fictional and unreal but that nevertheless loom large in our ...