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 ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools by swallowing and expelling water. The new study was ...

Sea monsters have a prominent role in myths and legends of most ... London 'Many cultures around the world have a myth or legend about a tentacled beast bothering seamen or generally getting up to no ...

We landlubbers have got it all wrong: kraken aren’t terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on our sailors. They’re kind and helpful. It’s the mermaids who are ...

McCarthy uncovered further instances in which ancient humans apparently observed the same sneaky feeding behavior—and attributed it to sea monsters. They argue these Greek and Norwegian ...