As with many legends, the Kraken started with something real, based on sightings of a real animal, the giant squid. For the ancient navigators, the sea was treacherous and dangerous, hiding a ...

There aren’t many sea monsters more well-known than the Kraken. You can hear about the Beast in the popular song "The Kraken Roar." ... This real-life Kraken has two long, ...

As sea monsters go, names — and bodies — don’t get much bigger than the mighty kraken. This sea monster first appears in the historical record around the 12th century A.D., and was described then as ...

Meet Ruby Gillman. She is 16 years old, attends Oceanside High, and she just wants to fit in. That’s tough when you live near the ocean and your mom only has one rule: No going in the water.

Join Oliver Crimmen, Senior Curator of Fish, and Jon Ablett, Senior Curator of Mollusca, as they explore the real-life inspiration behind fantastic sea monsters of yore that are lurking in the ...

LGBT LGBT Topics Celebs Life. ... in 1755 where Danish historian Erik Pontoppidan described the Kraken as ... have cited instances to further the fact that the sea monster is in fact, real.