Creature articles
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Teranoptia is a font for designing weird creatures
Teranoptia is a dingbatty font where each letter is part of a creature, and combining them invokes ligatures which result in strange beasts indeed. It was created by Ariel Martin Pérez. Teranoptia is a typeface without letters, a peculiar contraption that allows you to imagine chimeric creatures just by typing letters with your keyboard. — Read the rest
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Monster High Skullector Welcomes the Creature from the Black Lagoon
In partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, Monster High is reimagining the iconic creature who lies in the mysterious depths of the Amazon just in time for the 70th anniversary of the classic film. The Monster High Skullector series reimagines horror icons through the lens of fabul
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Thousands of mysterious jellyfish-like creatures wash up on California shores
Southern California beachgoers may notice a plethora of jellyfish-like creatures washed up on local shores – but sea jellies these blue blobs are not. Thousands of Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, have recently emerged on Golden State beaches from San Diego to Marin County. Pictures taken on April 28 in San Clemente show thousands of gelatinous hydrozoans strewn across a single beach. Point Reyes National Seashore, a National Park Service (NPS) preserve located in the Bay Area,...