wrote of the bones of the mythological giant Orion being discovered in an "opened" mountain on the island of Crete. These discoveries fed into Greco-Roman myths about a race of giant Titans ...

Topsy the elephant was innocent ... The book also discredits the myth that her electrocution at Luna Park in Coney Island in 1903 was part of Thomas Edison‘s fight for supremacy over George ...

Fossils of prehistoric elephants may have inspired the Greek myth of giant, one-eyed ... Stranded with his crew on the island of Sicily, the wily Odysseus blinds the giant and escapes with the ...

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life story of Jumbo the elephant - the animal superstar ... the team work together to separate myth from reality. How big was Jumbo really?

But he’s still got a lot more of the story to tell… There are no elephants on Elephant ... Island. I know because I checked. The odd name derives from the huge populations of elephant seals ...

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life and death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal ... the team work together to separate myth from reality. How big was Jumbo really?