Timelapse video shows first giant creature being assembled for Legoland Windsor’s new Mythica land

Amazing timelapse video shows the first giant creature being assembled for Legoland Windsor’s new Mythica land – a 334kg Chimera made from over 100,000 Lego bricks The Chimera was created in Lego’s master workshop and took 12 model-makers 653 hours to build The team behind the new land spent a year discussing and testing ideas … Read more

Spot the bird! Camouflaged creature stumps predators by blending in with a wooden fence post

Spot the bird! Camouflaged creature stumps predators by blending in with a wooden fence post The potoo bird stands on a wooden post in Brazil and is perfectly camouflaged When it flies away it leaves an egg behind that it has been sitting on to protect  In more footage, the egg hatches and stands on … Read more

Gremlins 3 would use ‘tangible puppets not CGI’ for the creature effects says Chris Columbus 

Gremlins 3 would use ‘tangible puppets not CGI’ for the creature effects says creator Chris Columbus By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 21:40 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 21:45 GMT, 24 November 2020 His script for the 1984 classic Gremlins launched his illustrious film career.  And Chris Columbus, 62, has spoken about his plans … Read more

David Warner reveals his must-have creature comforts to get him through mandatory quarantine 

Chicken Twisties, instant noodles and Shiraz! David Warner reveals his must-have creature comforts to get him through mandatory quarantine By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:41 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 09:41 GMT, 12 November 2020 David Warner has touched down in Sydney after competing in the Indian Premier League in the … Read more

Squirming sea creature washes up on a Texas beach

A squirming sea creature has left members of the public scratching their heads after it was found washed up on the shore at a beach in Texas.  The jelly-like creature was found by Holly Grand from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department during a routine survey of the marine life in the Laguna Madre at Nighthawk … Read more

Is this the most miraculous creature on the planet? It can return from the dead and is a bestseller

Even by the astonishing standards of the natural world, Anguilla anguilla, the ­European eel, is an almost unbelievable creature.  It can live for a hundred years. It can wriggle across fields.  Eels that appear dead and dried out can come back to threshing life.  During its existence, the eel changes into four different versions of … Read more

Bizarre tusked creature that lived 250 million years ago hibernated through the winter

An ancient tusked creature that lived on Antarctica 250 million years ago was the first known animal to survive by hibernating, according to a new study.  Called Lystrosaurus, it looked like a cross between a giant pig and a lizard and slept for days, weeks or even months on end to get through the long, … Read more

Strange creature whose ancestors roamed the Earth with dinosaurs 250 million years ago

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, the fifth of six children of wealthy and well-connected parents. One of his grandfathers was Erasmus Darwin, a doctor whose book ‘Zoonomia’ had set out a radical and highly controversial idea, that one species could ‘transmute’ into another. Transmutation is what evolution was then … Read more

‘Mystery’ 15ft sea creature that washed up in Liverpool is a dolphin or a porpoise

The mystery of a washed-up 15-feet long seabeast is unravelling after experts had their say on the seemingly unidentifiable creature. Dubbed the Ainsdale Anomaly, the stinking remains were spotted on a Merseyside beach last Wednesday and have sparked debate as far away as New Zealand. Some people thought it was a cow, a horse, a … Read more

Mystery as bizarre 15ft creature with ‘flippers’ and ‘fur’ washes up on beach in Merseyside

Mystery as bizarre 15ft creature with ‘flippers’ and ‘fur’ washes up on beach in Merseyside An unidentifiable creature washed up on a beach in Liverpool on Wednesday The 15-foot long headless beast is furry, has flippers and is badly decomposed Locals have speculated that it is a woolly mammoth, a walrus – even an alien By Clare … Read more