We can’t have a list of mythical sea creatures without including the Kraken! The Kraken is a gigantic, fearsome beast that lives in the ocean’s deepest recesses and is a mythical sea monster ...

Scientists studied deep-sea lifeforms while tracking the effects of climate change on Antarctica’s Denman Glacier. While at sea, the scientists trawled up some unusual critters. The sea pig was ...

One of the strangest groups of creatures of all is the sea squirts. Their comical title belies the fact that although they are still invertebrates, they actually belong in the same phylum as we do ...

Caption Above: Ortelius's 1658 map of Iceland showing various mythological sea creatures. Below, a detail of a sea creature labelled H, ‘the greatest of whales’ which could not chase fish but ...