Artists take inspiration from many sources. For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of creatures that went extinct more than ...

Some mythical creatures from totally different parts of the world look similar, and we can't always explain this with cultures coming into contact. I'm not talking about Roman and Greek overlaps, but ...

"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 ...

Spend a moment taking in artist B Manjunath Kamath’s Vikatonarva, a 12-foot-tall terracotta sculpture made in six parts. It comprises a grandiose figure, wearing an imposing headdress comprised of ...