Typhon, or Typhoeus as he was also called, was a monstrous, serpentine creature with a hundred heads that could shoot fire ...

Rangers are celebrating the sighting of a mammal once thought to be extinct in the Australian island it is native to. The echidna is an egg-laying, insect-eating mammal that is a native species to ...

But behind the sugary smiles and cartoonish ears lies a far older and more complex tale. One steeped in ancient myth, pagan fertility rites, and cultural evolution. This is the Easter Bunny as you’ve ...

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This isn’t just about business — the omnigenius myth runs deep in our culture. In Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Comics Universe, Bruce Banner remarks that he has seven PhDs, an (absurd) shorthand for his ...

The End of the Humanity According to Ancient Greek Mythology. Credit: Stefans02 / Flickr / CC BY-2.0 According to ancient Greek mythology, there are five ages known as “The Ages of Man,” during which ...

The Dragon breathes fire no more. Trinidad and Tobago has had its Special Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licences revoked by the Donald Trump administration. The OFAC licences ...

boring. Lucky for Beowulf there was a dragon right around the corner. Kevin O'Leary on EU willing to go zero-for-zero on tariffs: 'This is the opportunity, this is the moment' Disney heiress says ...

Akira Toriyama’s unexpected death in March 2024 shook the entire anime world. The legendary creator of the Dragon Ball passing away was extremely unexpected. Moreover, it was known that the author was ...

Indeed, without going as far back as the legendary she-wolf, Roman mythology is full of female figures who subverted the constraints of patriarchy. Some, like Suso Cecchi d'Amico, the famed co ...