Some woodland animals look so strange and otherworldly that encountering one feels less like a nature sighting and more like ...

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 ...

Legends of mysterious creatures appear in nearly every culture around the world. From towering forest giants to strange lake monsters and winged beasts, stories of unexplained animals have fascinated ...

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 ...

Throughout history, tales of strange creatures lurking in the forests and oceans have turned out to be true. But don't go getting ideas about Bigfoot.

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 ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...

A legendary creature with a stout middle and a thin tail may not be so mysterious after all. An online discussion on r/Cryptozoology subreddit is revisiting Japan's famed tsuchinoko, a snake-like ...

These real-life ocean animals were so terrifying to seafarers that they became embedded in history as legendary sea monsters ...

As a Winter month in the Northern Hemisphere, January gives birth to endlessly strong individuals. Both Capricorn and Aquarius are tough Saturn-ruled signs, able to sustain themselves and even thrive ...