These 'pez diablo,' or devil fish, are actually guitarfishes that have been caught, killed, dried and carved into exotic shapes. Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, CC BY-ND ...

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Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...

A national animal usually represents a country's culture, history and identity with the animals sometimes being featured on ...

As a Potterhead, there’s nothing you can teach me about mythical creatures, magic, and fantasy. But it turns out the many creatures of Hogwarts are just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s look at 17 of the ...

The animal kingdom is a pretty wild place, and history is full of stories of creatures that western scientists didn’t believe ...

In a world containing over 1000 fictional creatures, there’s no way that designers could avoid using real animals as their inspiration. Some are very obvious to spot – Growlithe is a dog, Vulpix is a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Some people are so fascinated with mythical creatures that they create their own, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Marcus Drymon, Mississippi State University; Bryan Huerta-Beltrán, The ...