There is no shortage of books about creatures unknown to science. Here are a few more for young (at heart) readers to try.

These creatures are but a few examples of the myriad mythical creatures that are said to inhabit the world's oceans. The mermaid's lore stretches far beyond the European tales of sirens luring sailors ...

Journey to the West’s most well known character is arguably Sun Wukong, the monkey king who joins the monk on his pilgrimage to retrieve sacred buddhist texts in the Chinese novel. For English ...

Isaac is an avid gamer who has spent the majority of his professional career writing about the games he loves. If he's not writing about games, he's playing them! The world of D&D has many kinds of ...

Scott Fitzpatrick also picks this as one of the best Greek mythology books of all time and says you can't go wrong with this classic. "I love that this book lets you join Percy Jackson as he discovers ...

"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 ...

Now, if there’s one thing we know about nerds out there, it’s that they love a creature. It can be a cute creature, a fearsome beast, a gorgeous animal, or a hideous monstrosity, and ardent fans will ...

A potential 'Harry Potter'-esque movie franchise? The British writer will turn her first two kids fantasy books set in the world of Gilmouria into movie screenplays under the Disney Live Action banner ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Writers whose subject is the natural world, and the overwhelming changes that humans have inflicted upon it, grapple regularly with a maddening dilemma: how ...