PETALING JAYA: A national animal usually represents a country's culture, history and identity with the animals sometimes being featured on national symbols such as the coat of arms or the national ...

The Griffin, a lion-eagle hybrid, likely originated from Protoceratops fossils in Central Asia, inspired ancient myths of creatures. Historical reports of werewolves often involved people affected by ...

(Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access Collection). An artist active in Switzerland fashioned this tapestry fragment, woven between 1420 and 1430. The tapestry features a furry beast ...

Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...