Ancient myths and legends have fascinated artists and writers long after the civilizations that produced them collapsed. For ...

French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte was riding high as he brokered peace with England for the first time in a decade, retook ...

Medusa was one of the Gorgons, known for her snake-covered head and the power to turn those who looked at her into stone. Though often portrayed as a monster, her image carries complex meanings — ...

To move in a manner suggestive of a snake. An old American slang term: to beat, thrash. Perseus beheaded Medusa in a death so violent it forced the births of her children through the wound of her neck ...

When two employees at the East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley, California, pulled a baby snake from the incubator seven months ago, ...

TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, THAT’S A TWO HEADED SNAKE, ZEKE AND ANGEL AND A CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE, ALSO KNOWN AS ANGEL, GETS ITS DOUBLE HEAD AFTER BEING FUZED AT THE SPINE. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A RARE 1 IN ...

FORT LAUDERDALE - Matthew Tkachuk watched Chris Tanev block hundreds of shots and take even more hits in their time with the Calgary Flames. A gritty, in-your-face forward himself, he grew to ...

It eats copperheads, the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle. Its population (most likely) continues to decline. More on that later.

ZEKE AND ANGEL AND A CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE, ALSO KNOWN AS ANGEL, GETS ITS DOUBLE HEAD AFTER BEING FUZED AT THE SPINE. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A RARE 1 IN 100,000 OCCURRENCE THAT TYPICALLY CARRIES ...

FORT LAUDERDALE - Matthew Tkachuk watched Chris Tanev block hundreds of shots and take even more hits in their time with the Calgary Flames. A gritty, in-your-face forward himself, he grew to ...