Unicorns may be magical, majestic, beautiful, etc., but they have a serious weakness: virgin women. Indeed, ancient lore says that using a maiden as bait is the only way to snag yourself one of these ...

It was long believed that the Aberdeen Bestiary was published exclusively for the wealthy elite. Details revealed by a high-definition digitization suggest it had a humbler origin. The bestiary was ...

While dragons and unicorns have long topped the A-list of mythical animals, medieval bestiaries are filled with an assortment of bizarre creatures that are scarcely remembered today. Ever heard of a ...

The lion, king of the beasts, gives birth to dead pups. After three days, during which the young are licked into shape, the father breathes life into his offspring with a terrifying roar. Or so we're ...

Emory Allen is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer and the creator of An Exquisite Beast—an online, illustrated version of the Exquisite Emory Allen is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer and the ...

In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost ...