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Philip Hoare’s “William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love” has this poet, artist and mystic at its center but, as its title suggests, this is no conventional study. As in Mr. Hoare’s 2021 ...
Was the Kraken a sea monster in Greek mythology? If not, where did it come from and what was its ancient Greek counterpart?
Mysterious feeding behavior by some whales may not be new at all, a study of ancient texts reveals.
A three-eyed prehistoric sea monster known as Mosura fentoni was recently discovered in Canada and lived in the world's oceans some 500 million years ago with another odd feature ...
Giant squid have to keep one overwhelmingly large eye over their shoulder, looking out for sperm whales, the only predatory animal large enough to hunt them. Even monsters have their own monsters.
An amazing fossil find and David Attenborough have helped boost the profile of this marine predator that lived in the age of dinosaurs.
Sir David Attenborough and experts unearth the fossil of the largest Jurassic predator.
Just the skull of the pliosaur, a marine reptile, was around six feet long, indicating how massive the sea monster would have been. It had a parietal — or third — eye and glands on its snout ...
The most complete fossil of a gigantic sea monster that lived some 150 million years ago was discovered last year during a random beach stroll but was just recently revealed to the public.
The visionary creations of the English poet and painter William Blake inspired later writers such as Walt Whitman and James Joyce.