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Biology portal; This category is for Bestiaries, compendiums of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks.
Black Dog – Canine death spirit; Black Shuck – Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk black dog; Blafard – Imaginary creature from the early United States of America; Blemmyae (Medieval Bestiary) – Headless humanoid with face in torso; Bloody Bones – Water bogeyman; Błudnik – Mischievous gnome
Creatures of the deep may refer to: Deep-sea community "Creatures of the Deep" , a 2009 BBC television documentary episode; Exotic Creatures of the Deep, album by Sparks released in 2008; Lost Treasures: Creatures of the Deep, album by trance DJ/producer Tiësto released in 1997
Below the mesopelagic zone it is pitch dark. This is the midnight (or bathypelagic zone), extending from 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) to the bottom deep-water benthic zone. If the water is exceptionally deep, the pelagic zone below 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) is sometimes called the lower midnight (or abyssopelagic zone). Temperatures in this zone ...
Humans have explored less than 4% of the ocean floor, and dozens of new species of deep sea creatures are discovered with every dive. The submarine DSV Alvin—owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts—exemplifies the type of craft used to explore deep water. This 16 ton ...
A Bestiary Of is a compilation album by the Creatures (aka singer Siouxsie and musician Budgie), issued on CD in 1997. It compiled remastered recordings made by the band between 1981 and 1983, including the Wild Things EP, the Feast album, the B-side of " Miss the Girl " and the " Right Now " single (backed by "Weathercade").
Nicholas Christopher wrote a literary novel called "The Bestiary" (Dial, 2007) that describes a lonely young man's efforts to track down the world's most complete bestiary. John Henry Fleming's Fearsome Creatures of Florida [ 16 ] (Pocol Press, 2009) borrows from the medieval bestiary tradition to impart moral lessons about the environment.
Crest and his companions find themselves transported to a desolate, dying planet inhabited by insectoid creatures pursuing a dangerous mission under the yoke of the Arkonides: complete a superweapon for use against the Methanes. While investigating, they discover a more familiar species—the Ilts—being oppressed by their hosts.