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

Greek mythology’s mythological Hydra is a fearsome, enormous serpent-like beast. It has numerous heads, sometimes nine or more, each with deadly fangs and the capacity to regenerate.

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

Stemming from Greek mythology, sea sirens are half-woman, half-fish creatures that lure sailors off their boats and into the murderous depths of the ocean. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus saved his ...

Originating in Scandinavian folklore, the kraken is usually depicted as an aggressive cephalopod-like creature ... the kraken myth grew and such washed-up specimens were interpreted as messages from ...