Scientists have discovered two new species of strange-looking microbes that live in the bellies of termites, and they've named the creatures Cthulhu and Cthylla, an ode to H.P. Lovecraft's pantheon of ...

H.P. Lovecraft is the latest famous person to have a species named in his honor. The legendary horror author wrote of a monster with a vaguely octopus-like head with many tentacles in the short story ...

Researchers have discovered two new symbionts living in the gut of termites, and taken the unusual step of naming them after fictional monsters created by American horror author HP Lovecraft. The ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia have found a real-life version of "Cthulhu" and "Cthylla," fictional monsters with octopus-like heads. But no, neither is a giant monster that ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of strange-looking microbes that live in the bellies of termites, and they've named the creatures Cthulhu and Cthylla, an ode to H.P. Lovecraft's pantheon of ...

This image shows the morphology of Cthulhu macrofasciculumque. This image shows the morphology of Cthulhu macrofasciculumque. University of British Columbia Scientists have discovered two new species ...