These creatures are but a few examples of the myriad mythical creatures that are said to inhabit the world's oceans. The mermaid's lore stretches far beyond the European tales of sirens luring sailors ...

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 mythical creatures from totally different parts of the world look similar, and we can't always explain this with cultures coming into contact. I'm not talking about Roman and Greek overlaps, but ...

The formation of a part of the human brain responsible for regulating vital functions is triggered in an identical way in the sea lamprey, a new study has found. The discovery suggests that we’re ...

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 ...