The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today. From the ...

We know that fossils are remnants of ancient life, but for people in ancient times, these may have simply been pretty rocks ...

A new species of ancient marine reptile, a plesiosaur, has been identified that swam the oceans 183 million years ago. The discovery was made by studying a fossilized skeleton from Germany’s Posidonia ...

Bizarre shrimp-like monsters that were the world's largest predators for millions of years grew even larger and survived much longer than thought, scientists find.

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At the Roman settlement of A Cibdá de Armea in northwestern Spain, archaeologists uncovered evidence suggesting that ancient ...

Many have traced the contemporary conception of a mermaid to the ancient Greek figure of the siren, despite the fact that ...

Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

For thousands of years sirens have lured sailors, haunted coastlines—and shapeshifted through myth and media. Here's how they ...

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“Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and the Imagination,” which runs at the Harvard Museum of Natural History through June 26, 2026, is inspired by a course taught by the exhibition’s curator ...

Ancient Trader is a strategy game where players sail the high seas for trade and treasure, battling rival ships and ancient sea monsters along the way. Sinister Cloth is an annoying material to ...