I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

There were several differences between the film and book versions of the The Hobbit's Battle of the Five Armies – namely, ...

Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.

But the realization really hit home for me in 2005, when I went to South Africa and wrote about efforts to breed back into existence the quagga, a half-striped zebra-like creature that humans had ...

The rhino-like creatures are nothing like the beautiful ponies from the fairy tales Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Due to different interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's text, the Lord of the Rings fanbase is split on whether Balrogs have wings or not.

Stuffed animals “struck a chord with young adults and adults as a means to entertain, collect, and provide comfort during the pandemic,” she said in an email. Build-A-Bear even has an entire ...

And while they might not be as well known as Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, the north of England can claim the strange creatures as their own. First thought to have appeared in folklore tales ...

I smile and say, “The next one.” I’ve got to care about all creatures great and small, after all, and can’t afford to discriminate. But secretly, I think immediately about one image in the ...

The real Gamgee actually contacted J.R.R. Tolkien upon learning of the fictitious Hobbit played by Sean Astin, who shared his name. The author replied in “letter 184” chronicled in the book ...