In the year of the wood dragon, we take a look at the real-life creatures that live up to their names. ANIMALS; These dragons don’t breathe fire—but they’re very real. ... Blue dragon sea slug.

It's pretty impossible for a giant, flying, fire-breathing dragon to exist in real life. But dinosaur fossils and modern-day lizards show some similarities.

The mythical dragons of folklore that spew fire and dwell on mountaintops have enthralled audiences for ages, but now scientists can tell the tale of a real-life “dragon” — a mosasaur called the ...

Read more The post The Strange Sea Dragons of England: Ichthyosaurs From ... scientists, ichthyosaurs seemed almost too strange to be real, ... streamlined and specialized for life in the sea.

The fate of Borneo’s real-life mini-dragon now rests in our hands. Will we take action to protect it, ...

The sea slugs are only an inch long, but their primary food source is the highly venomous jellyfish species called the Portuguese man o' war. This means the blue sea dragons can inflict a sting ...

These stories may have been inspired by real-life creatures, such as the oarfish. The oarfish is the longest bony fish. It measures anywhere from three metres to over 10 metres in length.