Trolls, unicorns, gorgons, banshees – these and other mythical creatures have been part of stories for centuries. Some of them are magical. Some are scary. And others are just really weird.

The U.S. National Park Service alludes to the wolverine’s mythical status (especially among native peoples) by stating on its website: “The name alone stirs up visions of the northern ...

The human obsession with frightening creatures has given rise to ancient tales of dragons and werewolves, as well as to the horrors that stalk 21st-century screens.

Adrian Xuana’s “The Dog,” from Oaxaca, Mexico, is pictured on display at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco on Friday, ...

"The Legend of Ochi," out April 25, stars Helena Zengel alongside Finn Wolfhard, best known from his role as Mike Wheeler on ...

There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on Earth, from the intertidal zone to more than four ...

The remains of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, commonly known as a giant mosasaur, have been found in the Mississippi River, resembling a gigantic aquatic dragon from the Late Cretaceous, capable of ...