Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto ...

Luffy, the protagonist of the One Piece series, possesses the Mythical Zoan, Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. This Devil Fruit ...

A spectator at an open-air festival holds up a unicorn hand puppet at a concert. — Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa From keyrings and clothing to rainbow-coloured candies, unicorns seem to pop up everywhere ...

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 ...

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In their recent article entitled “Naming the Loch Ness Monster” (Nature, December 11) Scott and Rines propose formal generic and specific names for a rhomboidal object photographed in Loch Ness. They ...

Ever wondered how long a species must go missing before it is declared extinct? Well, while we wait for a correct answer, here’s a piece of wildlife news that will definitely bring a smile to your ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan for the holiday season next week. No, it’s not the towering spruce at Rockefeller Center, which is lit in early December.

Have you ever dreamed up an idea so wildly imaginative that it felt impossible? That’s the essence of “chimerical” — something fantastical, unreal or wildly visionary. Call it dreamlike, call it ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults. SCULPTED IN ...

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