In Japan, he's "Gojira" — a name derived from the Japanese words "gorira," meaning gorilla, and "kujira," meaning whale. In America, he's "Godzilla" — a name ...

NPR's Nathan Rott speaks with William Tsutsui about Godzilla Minus One, the latest entry into one of the most iconic movie monster franchises. Godzilla is coming back! Here's how the monster became a ...

In 2019's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", he's bigger than ever, towering at a whopping 119 meters. At that size, his heart wouldn't be able to pump blood to his brain. His brain would send messages ...

Tanks, jet fighters and even Mothra could never put Godzilla down for the count, so Americans found a less conventional way to kill off the classic movie monster: ritual humiliation. For five decades, ...

Godzilla — the famous radiation-altered dinosaur from Japanese film — has evolved 30 times faster than real-world creatures since its first film appearance in 1954. Researchers compared the so-called ...

He's known to some as king of the monsters, king of the kaiju. And you know him for his roar. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GODZILLA MINUS ONE") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Godzilla. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

ROTT: A new trailer for the latest entry in the "Godzilla" franchise, "Godzilla Minus One," dropped this week. And, full disclosure, I am a longtime "Godzilla" superfan, so I am, like, goosebumps ...