Figures of Fantasy: Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids and More: A New York Exhibit Assembles a Cast of "Mythic Creatures," and Scientists Speculate About What Inspired Them
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By Faye Flam, The Philadelphia Inquirer  May 28--NEW YORK -- Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson and John Smith all recorded sightings of mermaids. Sea monsters populated the old ships' logs, too.
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Gallery: The Japanese have been making mechanical men for a long time, from medieval clockwork dolls to modern-day marvels both real and fictional. It's all on view in a Tokyo art exhibit.
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Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks
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By BARRY MCDONALD  WEIRD creatures you say? That's hardly a rarity on TV these days. A simple flick through the channels will reveal a varied and exotic bunch of creatures.
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One of the world's most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show.
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An astonishing collection of fossil animals from southern Australia is reported by scientists.
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A top scientist in the storied, sometimes controversial field explains how a population of creatures can be viewed as a high-level organism unto itself rather than a collection of disparate individuals.
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"Pan's Labyrinth" is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it's the other way around.
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What does Guillermo del Toro's brilliant fantasy film say about politics in an age of media fairy tales? In Table of Malcontents.
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It is instructive to imagine the D C Moore Galleryâs 10-year survey of Mark Greenwoldâs small, fraught Realist paintings in one of New Yorkâs major museums.
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In the Liberty Science Centerâs new science museum, everything is urgent and personal. And under this new model, and something familiar is illuminated in unexpected ways.
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A fabled fossil goes on view for the first time in decades  -  and ignites a controversy
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The Metropolitan Museum of Artâs new exhibition invites the audience to give its opinion on 65 costumes using computers next to the displays, or online.
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Ever dreamed of being made into a statue? 3-D scanners may soon make your fantasy a cheap reality. Alexander Gelfand reports from the American International Toy Fair in New York.
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U.S. biologists say they've discovered an old and relatively unpopular theory about how a single species can split in two is accurate.  The finding by University of Rochester researchers suggests scientists must reassess the processes involved in the origin of species.
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The Metropolitan Museum's show is a sumptuous assemblage of fur and other animal products used to keep humans warm.