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 ...

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 ...

Once in a while, a new Irish book comes along that just stops you in your tracks. This month Mark Joyce's superbly illustrated new book "Mythical Irish Beasts" is that book. It's a work of near magic, ...

Maggie Solberg was looking for ways to make the book she’s currently writing on the portrayal of the Virgin Mary in late medieval literature and culture even more fascinating than it already is, when ...

A digital reconstruction of a humpback whale trap feeding, a behavior with striking similarities to the feeding habits of the "hafgufa" described in medieval Norse texts. John McCarthy, Flinders ...

Explore 25 strange mythological stories from around the world. Discover bizarre tales of skeleton brides, eye-scooping ...

The earliest ever depiction of a hunting scene has been discovered in a cave in Indonesia. The rock art, which shows human-like figures hunting buffalo and pigs, has been dated to around 44,000 years ...

A video of an algae-covered turtle was shared on social media, which went viral and left the internet amused and intrigued, ...

The unicorn is a creature that has crossed borders and has many cousins: you can find similar beings in the mythologie chinoise (the qilin), in the oral traditions of the ancient kingdom of the Kongo ...