Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

The enchanting beasts of myth and folkloreFrom the fire-breathing dragons of Europe to the shape-shifting kitsune of Japan, ...

From the goblin shark to a tiny wasp named after a creature in Harry Potter, discover the animals that take their names from folklore or fiction. The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) gets its name from ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...

They sat back and began to think about what they should do with the world and what sort of creatures they should ... depictions of violence from Greek mythology. We advise watching before sharing ...