The hippogriff named Buckbeak in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a related mythical creature, the product of a griffin and a mare. Over the last 30 years, Mayor's hypothesis has gained ...

According to a popular and widespread belief, the mythical griffin – that eagle-faced, winged lion monster – was inspired by dinosaur fossils discovered by ancient peoples. But new analysis ...

while others think the mythical creature was first discovered in Central Asia or Greece. According to Science Alert, an outline imprinted in clay from an engraved Mesopotamian stamp found in what is ...