Five-foot-tall penguin-like birds that roamed the Northern Hemisphere 37 million years ago had ‘doppelgangers’ in New Zealand, bone fossils suggest. Plotopterids, an extinct family of flightless seabirds, had strikingly similar bone fragments to the ‘monster penguins’ that lived in New Zealand more than 60 million years ago. Although they existed at different times, both types … Read more
Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back up these claims. One of the first sightings, believed to have fuelled modern Nessie fever, came in May 2, 1933. On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story a local … Read more
Disgruntled people have revealed the ‘monstrous’ habits of their housemates and partners. Photos posted in a Reddit thread show that some live with hoarders, others with cheapskates and an unlucky few with outright slobs. Partners were the worst offenders, with husbands outing their wives for savagely tearing food packets, hoarding empty shampoo bottles and used … Read more
A soft egg belonging to a giant sea lizard discovered near Antarctica wasn’t the only major egg-related discovery. A team of researchers examining dinosaur remains claim soft eggs laid by dinosaurs may not be as unusual as scientists first thought – claiming that early dinosaurs laid these type of eggs. The study, led by the American … Read more
First murderous hornets, then giant lizards and now Americans are being terrorized toxic ‘monster’ toads. Cane toads are surfacing in Southern Florida after heavy rainfall brought them out of their burrows and providing them with optimal breeding grounds These amphibians are covered in warts, grow up to six inches and have large glands on the … Read more
The mother of a woman who was stabbed to death in front of her 13-year-old daughter has branded her killer a ‘monster’. Melissa Belshaw, 32, was killed at her home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday afternoon. She was said to have screamed for help as an ‘ex-lover smashed his way into her house with a … Read more
Police have warned people to be on their guard after spotting this huge shark nearly 30ft long off a Spanish beach. The sighting took place on Saturday morning near to the spot where a smaller version was seen gliding through the water around a fortnight ago. Civil Guard officers released footage of the giant creature near … Read more
Frankenstein (NT at Home, YouTube) Verdict: There be monsters… Rating: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC iPlayer) Verdict: A dream of a Dream Rating: Duelling has been illegal in Britain for hundreds of years, but that didn’t stop Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller going musket to musket in the National Theatre’s Frankenstein in 2011. Danny … Read more
Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back up these claims. One of the first sightings, believed to have fuelled modern Nessie fever, came in May 2, 1933. On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story a local … Read more
Dracula to be resurrected by Universal following the monster success of The Invisible Man By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 02:47 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 02:47 GMT, 11 March 2020 Dracula is ready to get resurrected yet again. Universal Pictures is considering a Dracula reboot as the studio attempts to bring its ‘Monsterverse’ … Read more