In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...

A fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton excavated from Angola’s costal cliffs. Credit Hillsman S. Jackson, Southern Methodist University. The story of prehistoric ocean life that emerged in the ...

Machine generated contents note: Classical Antecedents -- The Earliest Medieval Maps with Sea Monsters: Beatus Mappaemundi -- "Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly": Sea Monsters in the Creation -- ...

About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with ...

The legendary Kraken has terrified sailors for centuries, appearing in myths as a colossal sea monster. Its story blends maritime folklore with real-world encounters in the deep.

About 360 million years ago, long before dinosaurs walked the Earth, a terrifying predator ruled the shallow seas that once covered what is now Cleveland, Ohio. Its name was Dunkleosteus terrelli, a ...

MIDDLEBURY, CT (WFSB) - A carousel figurine that was stolen from Quassy Amusement Park about 40 years ago has been returned. The park said the sea monster, also known as a hippocampus by carousel ...

Quassy Amusement Park recovered a stolen carousel figurine after 40 years, according to a spokesperson Monday. The "elusive ...