"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The meadowlark, bison and horned toad are all official symbols of Wyoming. The jackalope, most elusive of the state's critters, may soon join the list. The Wyoming House voted 45-12 ...

As Odin's female guardians, Valkyries are more than adept in battle. In Norse mythology, they choose who enters into Valhalla, and also who dies in battle. They are often seen as beautiful women ...

The star 55 Cancri and one of it's planets, 55 Cancri e, are two celestial objects that have been given new names through a contest that allowed members of the public to suggest and vote on names for ...

Journey to the West’s most well known character is arguably Sun Wukong, the monkey king who joins the monk on his pilgrimage to retrieve sacred buddhist texts in the Chinese novel. For English ...

A group of rare Asian butterflies, which have once inspired an association with Hindu mythological creatures, have been quite a chaos for the experts. In fact, their systematics turned out so ...

Smartphone users may soon see new gender-neutral figures, a citrus fruit and a mythical creature in their emoji list. Unicode, the nonprofit behind emoji creations, drafted “four new gender-neutral ...

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

Mythical creatures in Ark Survival Ascended are not uncommon. While the game primarily features a diversity of beasts based on real-world animals from various periods, it includes many from fantasy, ...