Mythical animals are often thought to exist only in folklore, but some legends may have stemmed from real creatures.

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in ...

Explore the real-life inspirations behind legendary creatures like mermaids, Kraken, Pouakai, dragons, unicorns, and Roc. These mythical beings may have roots in actual animals like manatees ...

Loch Ness, the Kraken, and other mythical sea monsters led to journeys on the high seas for centuries. Sites where legendary ...

These five intriguing (and very real) animals have been roaming the Earth for quite some time, and they resemble the mystical creatures straight out of your favorite fantasy. With jet black feathers ...

If there’s anything we’ve learned so far, it’s that many mythological creatures probably had a basis in real animals. Cyclops, the famous one-eyed giants of Greek mythology, might be another ...

The animal kingdom is a pretty wild place ... But even once Post-Classical Europe knew the rhinoceros was real, the depictions were still rather mythical. In 1515, German artist Albrecht Dürer ...

Photograph by Medford Taylor, Nat Geo Image Collection Now, DNA preserved in a fossilized horse tooth found 1,200 miles away in the Caribbean may lend credence to this supposedly mythical shipwreck.

Throughout history, countless stories have emerged about mythical creatures. While many of these legends have been debunked, their origins often stem from real-life inspirations. The okapi often ...

In a world containing over 1000 fictional creatures, there’s no way that designers could avoid using real animals as their ... mistake it for some sort of mythical creature that is born of ...

But it has been surprising, as such a mythical creature may have been inspired by real-life animals-the manatee or dugong. Sailors, at times isolated at sea for months, often reported seeing these ...