A pygmy legged dragon from Kyrgyzstan, ungulate whales and a live granny rug.

Cryptozoology is a field of knowledge devoted to searching for and studying animals whose existence is disputed or not proven by science. Such creatures are called cryptids. There’s also cryptobotany ...

The Celts are Indo-European peoples originating from the Danube Valley, who settled in much of Europe in antiquity. These tribes spoke the same language, with variations, and shared certain religious ...

In the Middle Ages, the imaginary is an integral part of reality. The world of that time cannot be conceived otherwise. Within this panorama, both real and wonderful, plants play a major role in ...

Robert Koch put up a fight against the "invisible enemy," that is, tuberculosis. An unheralded country doctor made a significant contribution to medical knowledge at a time when physicians were ...

The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was a significant medieval battle that took place on July 16, 1212, in the Iberian Peninsula during the Reconquista. It marked a pivotal moment in the Christian ...

The Merovingian dynasty was the first Frankish line of kings who ruled in Western Europe from AD 476 to 752. Dynasty of Frankish kings descending from Merovech, the Merovingians ruled over Gaul until ...

The public’s perception of black cats has always been negative due to their association with evil and superstition, witchcraft, and curses. In Ancient Egypt, people tended to avoid black cats.

The little bugs crawling and flying around us can seem completely alien when examined closely. Don’t believe it? Look at them under a microscope or in macro photos—they are like creatures straight out ...

In most popular science books and biology textbooks, you can find the claim that mammals—including us humans—descended from reptiles. This misconception has even taken root in the minds of the most ...