That’s why sea monsters were created! Ancient cultures invented mythological sea monsters in an effort to explain some of the mysterious events occurring in and around these vast bodies of water.

Sea monsters have a prominent role in myths and legends of most seafaring cultures on ... London 'Many cultures around the world have a myth or legend about a tentacled beast bothering seamen or ...

The sea monsters present on maps can teach us much about the Renaissance imagination. Stemming from Greek mythology, sea sirens are half-woman, half-fish creatures that lure sailors off their ...

In Nordic mythology, krakens were mythical sea monsters. They inspired stories of mysterious creatures with large arms that attacked ships at sea. Today, we believe that these tales about the ...

Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.