When it comes to a great optical illusion we always take the bait, because we can’t help but be lured in by a talented artist with a cool hook. That’s why we like to cast a wide net over the Internet: ...

Movement and harmony take center stage in this amazing koi fish drawing, inspired by the natural grace of these symbolic ...

I’m a believer in connecting the dots, even if they are years apart. Two dots struck me this week, essays that argue for deep observation. One, written in the early 1870s, sounds eerily like another, ...

An eighth century AD linear drawing depicting a fish chiselled on a sheetrock, was found at Srinivasapuram, a hamlet near Pondugula village in Dachepalli mandal of Guntur district on Saturday. The ...

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The unexpected capture of a living coelacanth in the 1930s was 'the most sensational natural history discovery' of the century. In April 1939, New Zealand's Auckland Star proclaimed that the Loch Ness ...