Although Irish folklore is littered with legendary ghoulish water creatures, few are as scary as the Dobhar Chú (pronounced do-war coo). Considered by some to be Ireland’s version of the famous Loch ...

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.

The Roman historian Sallustius, also known as Sallust, hit on a crystalline formulation to describe concepts that we know to be fictional and unreal but that nevertheless loom large in our ...