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 ...

Anastasiia and Gleb are the founders of Gift of Mercury, a handmade-toy company that specializes in whimsical "Mercurians." These are fantasy creatures such as ...

A mysterious rock painting in South Africa’s cave could be the first-ever artwork of an animal that disappeared 250 million years ago. The San people’s “Horned Serpent Panel” features a strange ...

When the animal kingdom met the artistic imagination, the result was a whole zoo full of fantastical creatures from dragons to unicorns, phoenixes to sphinxes. These strange mythological beasts haven ...

Per press release, “Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante has spent his life tracking and rediscovering animals ‘lost’ to extinction, from his historic rediscovery of the Fernandina Tortoise to the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — While lions, tigers and bears follow nightly routines inside at John Ball Zoo, dragons and witnesses to their spectacle become aglow. The Grand Rapids Lantern Festival, the first of ...

In India, animals are more than just creatures of the wild. They carry memories, represent cosmic forces, and serve as companions to gods. For centuries, mythology has shaped how people in India see ...

Families braved cold temperatures and snowy weather to learn about Bigfoot, the Lake Erie Monster and other legendary creatures at Lake Metroparks’ recent Cryptid Creatures event. Cryptid Creatures ...