The open ocean has always made room for imagination. For centuries, sailors swore they saw monsters bigger than ships, smarter than people, and hungry enough to pull a crew straight off the deck. No ...

They’ve inspired legends, terrified sailors, and remained one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries. In this episode, we dive deep into the world of giant squids – elusive, powerful creatures that roam ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was it? A sixth-century Byzantine mosaic depicts an amphibious monster—though ...

In May 1925, a strange decaying corpse washed ashore on Moore’s Beach, now known as Natural Bridges State Beach, in Santa Cruz. Locals who swarmed out to investigate the specimen described elephantine ...

Before we even saw them, the water began to thump and roll. Giant black drum were stacked beneath the surface in massive schools, turning the sea into something that felt alive with real monsters ...