PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Roger Williams Park Zoo celebrated the opening of a new exhibit Dragons & Mythical Creatures on Tuesday. Zoo officials said the new exhibit features 60 life-sized dragons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author of 'Mermaid and Pirate,' Tracey Baptiste, says long before the upcoming Disney remake, cultures around the world told these ...

A new exhibit at HistoryMiami in downtown Miami explores the origins of mythical creatures such as mermaids, sea monsters, unicorns and even local creatures of lore like the Skunk Ape and Chupacabra.

These creatures are but a few examples of the myriad mythical creatures that are said to inhabit the world's oceans. The mermaid's lore stretches far beyond the European tales of sirens luring sailors ...

A life-size unicorn looks at once solid and mysterious under flickering purple light. It's just one part of a reunion of mythical creatures — dragons, krakens, mermaids and giants — gathering at the ...

PROVIDENCE – Dragons will replace dinosaurs at the Roger Williams Park Zoo this spring and summer. Running from April 7 to Aug. 11, the zoo's Dragons & Mythical Creatures exhibit will bring visitors ...

WASHINGTON — The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book. Chet Van Duzer's "Sea ...

A mysterious whale behavior that was only recently observed by scientists may explain seemingly fantastical historical accounts of sea monsters, according to a study. Researchers found evidence that ...

In West Africa and in the Black diaspora, water is not a barrier between continents but a bridge that ensures connection to the homeland. And it is the mermaid that facilitates safe passage. One of ...

A triceratops skull may have served to generate tales about a griffin, a mythical creature with the body, tail and back legs of a lion, eagle’s talons as its front feet, and the beak-like head and ...

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 ...