The Roman historian Sallustius, also known as Sallust, hit on a crystalline formulation to describe concepts that we know to be fictional and unreal but that nevertheless loom large in our ...

Section of the Chapter Seven frontispiece Natalie created for Enchanted Creatures showing curiosity cabinet specimens Source: Natalie Lawrence I've always thought that nonhuman animals (animals) are ...

The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it ...

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to the surface of the ocean, open their mouths into a gaping yawn with their ...