The Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem ascribed to the poet Homer, charts the return home of its eponymous hero, Odysseus.

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

According to Norse myth, Skadi first visited Asgard, the home of the gods, to seek revenge. A giantess, she went armed for war because the gods had killed her father. But when she arrived, the deities ...

Part of the ancient wasp's body resembles the structure of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant, which snaps shut to ...

The woman's figure includes carved accessories that may indicate she was a priestess of Ceres, a Roman harvest and fertility ...