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 ...

Think cats are only famous for Instagram selfies and lounging on keyboards? Well, think again. Humans have been fascinated by them for thousands of years, and the reasons are far more interesting than ...

From ancient tales of Banshees and goblins to modern depictions of teenage vampires and werewolves on television and in movies, mythological creatures have always intrigued humankind. The best fairy ...

Joshua Rapp Learn is an award-winning D.C.-based science journalist who frequently writes for Discover Magazine, covering topics about archaeology, wildlife, paleontology, space and other topics. View ...

If you didn’t already know, there’s a department store for monsters and mythical creatures in Columbia, Maryland. The new 140-foot mural greets visitors at the DoodleHATCH Department Store for ...

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 manifestation of Vishnu, Navagunjara is a composite of nine (nava) animals: rooster, elephant, deer, tiger, human, peacock, bull, lion and serpent. (Image via the Metropolitan Museum of ...

Artists take inspiration from many sources. For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of creatures that went extinct more than ...