As with many legends, the Kraken started with something real, based on sightings of a real animal, the giant squid. For the ancient navigators, the sea was treacherous and dangerous, hiding a ...

Five “Real” Sea Monsters Brought to Life by Early Naturalists From kraken to mermaids, some monsters are real—if you know how to look for them ...

This sea monster first appears in the historical record around the 12th century A.D., and was described then as the biggest monster ever to swim the world’s oceans. Early documents claimed that the ...

For more than a hundred years, the fossil of the Tanystropheus has puzzled scientists. The strange reptile – resembling a real-life Loch Ness Monster or a prehistoric crocodile crossed with a ...

The history of the Kraken goes back to an account written in 1180 by King Sverre of Norway. As with many legends, the Kraken started with something real, based on sightings of a real animal, the giant ...

A giant sea monster, the likes of the mythological kraken, may have swum Earth's ancient oceans, snagging what was thought to be the sea's top predators — school bus-size ichthyosaurs with ...

For more than a hundred years, the fossil of the Tanystropheus has puzzled scientists. The strange reptile — resembling a real-life Loch Ness Monster or a prehistoric crocodile crossed with a ...

The real-life Kraken has been spotted near the U.S. Coasts. ... TheTravel. The Real Kraken Monster Is Found Off These U.S. Coasts. Story by Mason Kus • 12h. E veryone loves a good sea shanty.

His initial impression is that the real-life sea monster was pretty similar to marine reptiles that have been found elsewhere: The creature would have looked a lot like a dolphin, clocking in ...

Fossil hunters have pieced together the remains of an enormous sea creature which is being labeled a real-life Loch Ness monster. Researchers have uncovered the 70-million-year-old fossilized ...