Animals of mythology are often combinations of the features of real creatures. A griffin has the body and tail of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle. A mermaid has the tail of a fish, and the ...

Have you ever imagined if creatures such as dragons, unicorns, or mermaids were actually a product of pure imagination? What if they originated from somewhere more real? Through the ages, human ...

A popular and widely-promoted claim that dinosaur fossils inspired the legend of the griffin, the mythological creature with a raptorial bird head and wings on a lion body, has been challenged in a ...