That’s why sea monsters were created! Ancient cultures invented mythological sea monsters in an effort to explain some of the mysterious events occurring in and around these vast bodies of water.

Sea monsters have a prominent role in myths and legends of most ... We knew it was real and not a mythical beast from people's imaginations, but we're still really just getting to know them.' Found in ...

Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational terrors and give form to what we don't wish to know.

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

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

Now researchers argue the mighty hafgufa, and similar sea monsters described by the ancients, were not mythical creatures but rather whales engaged in a behavior that was only recently documented ...

Roy P. Mackal — the controversial and colorful University of Chicago scientist whose study of monsters caught the attention ...

But long before there was a Christian devil, God had a first worst enemy: the great mythical sea monster, best known by the name Leviathan. The cosmic showdown of god versus sea monster has roots deep ...

The magical, mythical adventures of teenager Percy ... his demigod friends embark on an epic journey to the treacherous Sea of Monsters in order to find the fabled Golden Fleece, which has the ...