As the story goes, a gigantic snake or serpent once roamed the remote region near the Connecticut border. It had a giant red gem – known in olden times as a carbuncle – in the middle of its forehead.

Evidence of legendary creatures like Nessie and the elusive Bigfoot blur the line between fact and fiction. Ol’ Nessie isn’t known for making herself easy to find, but a student at the University of ...

Many legendary creatures may have surprisingly ordinary origins rooted in misunderstood animals and fossils. The basilisk likely emerged from exaggerated descriptions of cobras, whose upright posture ...

The Loch Ness Monster — real or fiction? (Photo by Sam Forencich/Corbis. Design by Erik Mace for Yahoo Travel.) Even small children know that monsters are something you run away from. Yet, there are ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

If science proves anything, it’s that there’s much of the world humans don’t know about. Given this sentiment, who’s to say that there really are no such things as the mythical creatures from ...

Featuring werewolves and dragons, legendary, mythical creatures that may be more than the stuff of nightmares. And now, using the latest in cutting-edge science, experts reveal new discoveries that ...

Even Bigfoot can't help himself when the cookie jar is around. The legendary creature was reportedly spotted by a North Carolina woman in the woods behind her home, according to a WCNC report. While ...