Hello and welcome to mysteries of science. I'm Dan the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.

And I'm Curian, the Features Editor. Today we are going to be talking about one of my favorite crypto-zoological animals of all time.

And that word, cryptozoological, means that it's something that's not actually proven to exist.

Yeah, what a great word. Well, we've tackled a few different cryptozoological mysteries before.

Let me think, Bigfoot. Do you remember that one? And Loch Ness Monster, they spring to mind. But today we're searching for something even bigger.

Dragons. This is so exciting. They are one of the most widespread, fantastical beasts of all. I think

it's fair to say. They turn up in stories and legends all the way across Africa, Asia and Europe.

And even today, they keep flying back into our lives

through films, TV shows and books. So our investigation is going to take us all around the world

and back to the time of the dinosaurs. On the way, we're going to meet a real-life dragon tamer, an expert on prehistoric

creatures, and the wonderful Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon and the current

children's laureate. I am determined to find proof of dragons existing today. All right,

well, let's see what we can do.

We are off to a flying start.

See what I did there?

Let's go.

This is Mysteries of Science.

For once, Kieran, I'm not going to start with me and you.

I'm going to go straight to one of our experts.

Hello, my name is Kressa McAll,

and I'm the author and the illustrator of The How to Train Your Dragon Books,

and I'm also the current Waterston's Children's Lorryet.

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