The legendary sea monster Cetus is a huge and dangerous creature. It is usually portrayed as a massive sea serpent or ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational ...

We knew it was real and not a mythical beast from people's imaginations ... Jenny Hanivers - which date back to the 1500s - are fantastical sea creatures manufactured from the dried bodies of skates ...

Caption Above: Ortelius's 1658 map of Iceland showing various mythological sea creatures. Below, a detail of a sea creature labelled H, ‘the greatest of whales’ which could not chase fish but ...

Poland is populated by a myriad of mythical creatures, from the heights of the mountains through the mazes of city streets to the depths of the sea. Amongst them you can find the famously dangerous ...