Many legendary creatures may have surprisingly ordinary origins rooted in misunderstood animals and fossils. The basilisk likely emerged from exaggerated descriptions of cobras, whose upright posture ...

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, giant ...

The search for monsters and mythical creatures (or "cryptids") such as Nessie, the Yeti or Bigfoot is known as "cryptozoology". On the face of it, cryptozoology has little in common with mainstream ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Over the generations, ...